Of all its bitter sorrow and its need.

Benedictus:

My friend, then tell us now how thou hast learned

The woe of world-depths in thine own soul’s core.

Felix Balde:

The light that shines in men as learning’s fruit

Must needs give nourishment to all the powers

Which serve world-cycles in the earth’s dark depths.

Already now a long time have they starved

Well-nigh entirely reft of sustenance.