Once Gods Walked Among Humans By Friedrich Hlderlin

"Once gods walked among humans,""The splendid Muses and youthful Apollo ""Inspired and healed us, just like you. ""And you are to me as if one of the Holy Ones ""Had sent me forth into life, and the image ""Of my beloved goes with me, ""And wherever I stay and whatever I learn, ""I learned and gained it from her, ""With a love that lasts until death. ""Then let us live, you with whom I suffer ""And inwardly strive towards better times ""In faith and loyalty. For we are the ones. ""And if people should remember us both ""In years to come, when Spirit again prevails, ""They'd say that these lonely ones lovingly ""Created a secret world, known to the gods alone. ""The earth will take back those concerned ""With impermanent things: others climb higher ""To ethereal Light who've been faithful ""To the love inside themselves, and to the spirit ""Of the gods. Thus they master Fate ""In patience, hope and quietness."

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