Offer my Muse a friendly hand,

For I can sing no other song.

Who feels no woe, nor flames at wrong,

Loves not his Fatherland.

DREAM.

I dreamt that, standing on a height,

I wished to plunge me in the sea,

When, lo! a spirit of peace and light,

This wondrous song sang unto me:

‘Await the spring! I’ll soon be here;’