Man seeks his own good at the whole world's cost.
Let's contend no more, Love, Strive nor weep: All be as before Love, - Only sleep.
But there are times when patience proves at fault.
Where the heart lies, let the brain lie also.
I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to be forgotten even by God.
A whole I planned, Youth shows but half; trust God: See all, nor be afraid!