D-Q6511

• Metadata: Item:Q6511
• Transcript and Commentary: Christian Wirkner

Commentary

• Kurzes Gedicht

Transcript

O sacred solitude! divine retreat!
choice of the prudent! envy of the great!
By thy pure stream, in thy waving shade,
We court fair wisdom, the celestial maid:
The genuine offspring of her lov'd embrace,
(Strangers in earth!) are innocence and peace.
There, from the ways of men laid ## ashore,
We smile to hear the distant tempest roar;
There, bless'd with health, with b# unperplex'd,
This Life we relish, and ensure the next.