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Die Zukunst decket, by Johann Goethe, was translated into English by Thomas Carlyle in 1843.
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The future hides in it | |
Gladness and sorrow;
We press still thorow,- |
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Naught that abides in it | |
Daunting us-onward.
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And solemn before us, | |
Veiled the dark portal;
Goal of all mortal:- |
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Stars silent rest o'er us, | |
Graves under us silent!
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While earnest thou gazest, | |
Comes body of terror,
Comes phantasm of error; |
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Perplexes the bravest | |
With doubt and misgiving.
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But heard are the voices, | |
Heard are the sages,
The worlds, and the ages: |
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"Choose well; your choice is | |
Brief, and yet endless.
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"Here eyes do regard you | |
In eternity’s stillness,
Here is all fulness, |
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Ye brave, to reward you; | |
Work, and despair not."
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