Shall I see thee and no more?

I can see thee, is that all?

Let me also,

Let me feel thee,

Closer, closer, my beloved,

Come unto me, come to me, come!

O cruel, cruel lot, still thou rollest, stayest not,

Lookest onward, look’st before,

Yet I follow, evermore.

Oh, cold and cruel fate, thou rollest on thy way,