Marked for thine own one day; and yet thou seest
That thou must make the fetters stronger still
If thou wouldst keep his being for thyself.
His heart will be beneath his spirit’s rule—
If that is so then all the knowledge-work
Which he on Earth accomplished, must be giv’n
In future, for their own, to those great Powers
Which thou hast fought against since Time began.
If thou succeed’st in lowering that love
Which now Johannes for Maria feels