Lind.

Thought?

I?—thought about the future? No, from this

Time forth I live but in the hour that is.

In home shall all my happiness be sought;

We hold Fate’s reins, we drive her hither, thither,

And neither friend nor mother shall have right

To say unto my budding blossom: Wither!

For I am earnest and her eyes are bright,

And so it must unfold into the light!