Teach Me.
Translated from the Danish of Oehlenschlger. Teach me, O wood, to fade away, As autumn's yellow leaves decay A better spring impends,-- Then green and glorious shall my tree Take deep root in eternity,-- Whose summer never ends! Teach me, O bird of passage, this, To seek, in faith a better bliss On other unknown shores! When all is winter here and ice, There ever-smiling Paradise Unfolds its happy doors. Teach me, thou summer butterfly, To break the bonds which on me lie. With fetters all too firm. Ah, soon on golden purple wing The liberated soul shall spring, Which now creeps as a worm! Teach me, O Lord, to yonder skies To lift in hope these weary eyes With earthly sorrows worn. Good Friday was a bitter day, But bright the sun's eternal ray Which broke on Easter morn.
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