I Seek Freedom And Repose

I seek freedom and repose:

I'm alone on the path just taken;

Glittering, it stretches through the fog;

Quiet night. All harkens to the Maker,

And two stars begin a dialogue.

It is grand and solemn in the heavens!

In the azure radiance Earth rests...

Why then does my heart seem so heavy?

Do I hope? Or do I have regrets?

No, for I hope no longer,

And do not regret the past at all;

I seek freedom and repose, while longing

To obtain them in a sleep withal!

But it's not a deathlike sleep I crave for...

I would rather fall asleep, yet live,

For my dormant chest might keep its vigor,

For my dormant chest might mutely heave;

For I would with joy forever listen

To a gentle voice that sings of love,

For an oak tree, always green and blissful,

Would caress me rustling from above