| Margarete Münsterberg, ed., trans. A Harvest of German Verse. 1916. | | | | In the Fog | | By Hermann Hesse (1877–1962) |
| | | TO wander in fog—how queer! | |
| Lonely are bush and stone, | |
| No tree sees the other near, | |
| Each is alone. | |
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| Once my world was full of friends, | 5 |
| When my life still had light; | |
| Now that the fog descends, | |
| Not one is in sight. | |
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| Only he is wise who knows | |
| The steady gloom to fall | 10 |
| That slowly round him grows, | |
| Severed from all. | |
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| To wander in fog—how queer! | |
| Solitude is life’s own. | |
| No man sees the other near, | 15 |
| Each is alone. | | | | |
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