Speak then, thou voice of God within,
Thou of the deep low tone!
Answer me, through life’s restless din—
Where is the spirit flown?
And the voice answer’d—“Be thou still!
Enough to know is given:
Clouds, winds, and stars their part fulfil—
Thine is, to trust in Heaven.”
KÖRNER AND HIS SISTER.
[“Charles Theodore Körner, the celebrated young German poet and soldier, was killed in a skirmish with a detachment of French troops on the 20th of August 1813, a few hours after the composition of his popular piece, The Sword-Song. He was buried at the village of Wöbbelin in Mecklenburg, under a beautiful oak, in a recess of which he had frequently deposited verses composed by him while campaigning in its vicinity. The monument erected to his memory is of cast-iron; and the upper part is wrought into a lyre and sword, a favourite emblem of Körner’s, from which one of his works had been entitled. Near the grave of the poet is that of his only sister, who died of grief for his loss, having only survived him long enough to complete his portrait and a drawing of his burial-place. Over the gate of the cemetery is engraved one of his own lines:—