But I myself trod very different paths
To find out what is needful for the soul.
So I, too, beg your leave to speak a word.
Fate hath made clear to me that I must search
Among those treasures, which disclose themselves
To every man within his inmost soul.
Therein I seemed to find true wisdom’s light
Which can full well illuminate life’s worth.
The mystic pupilship was given me
In solitude and contemplation deep.