Yet in them have been planted seeds of good

Which will not fail to ripen in due time.

Capesius:

Let me, I pray thee, freely speak my mind.

I have admired thee now these many years;

Yet up till now I have not grasped the sense

Which underlies thy strange mysterious words.

Felix:

It surely will unfold itself to thee;

For with a lofty spirit dost thou strive