I know not from what distant time
thou art ever coming nearer to meet me.
Thy sun and stars can never keep thee hidden
from me for aye.
In many a morning and eve
thy footsteps have been heard
and thy messenger has come within my heart
and called me in secret.
I know not only
why today my life is all astir,
and a feeling of tremulous joy
is passing through my heart.
It is as if the time were come
to wind up my work,
and I feel in the air
a faint smell of thy sweet presence.