Moreover Strader’s final words were these:
‘A man can not attain the spirit-world
By seeking to unlock the gates himself.
Truth doth not sound within the soul of him
Who only seeks a mood for many years.’
(Philia appears, perceptible only to Capesius; Felix Balde shows that he does not comprehend what follows.)
Philia:
Capesius, if soon thou markest well
What in thy seeking comes to thee unsought,
’Twill strengthen thee with many-coloured light;