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Margarete Münsterberg, ed., trans. A Harvest of German Verse. 1916.

By Ecstasy

Friedrich Rückert (1789–1866)

OH, thou my soul, oh, thou my heart,

Thou my delight, my pain thou art!

Oh, thou my world in which I move,

My heaven where I soar above,

Oh, thou the tomb to which I gave

Forever all my sorrow grave.

Thou art my peace, thou art my rest,

With thee, thou heaven, I am blessed.

Thy love endows me in mine eyes,

Thy glance my own life glorifies.

Through thee above myself I fly,

My guiding spirit, my better I!