The force of love within thee is myself;

The heart’s hope, as it stirs within thy breast,

The fruits of long-past lives upon this earth

Laid up for thee and hid within thyself,

Behold them now through me;—feel what I am,

And through my power in thee behold thyself.

Search out the pictured being, which thy sight,

Without thy sympathy, did form for thee.

(Exit.)

Johannes: