How did we sleep at all Without burning up? How did we dream at all Without burning up? ‘Then did I check The tears of useless pa**ion Weaned my soul From yearning after thine Sternly denied Its burning wish to hasten Down to that tomb Already more than mine' ‘And even yet I dare not let it languish Dare not indulge In memory's pain Once drinking deep Of that divinest anguish How could I seek The empty world again?'