Swan

?? O thou whitish heaven's deity Rowing on the waterways Hellen of the birds in heaven Heaven of the world of fays In the foggy eves of winter In the moonlit lake you row? Larks and cuckoos, moon and weathers Gaze at Thee in awe and go Pearl of Love, thou Silent thinker Midst of oceans midst of river Gazing at the Reed as hermit? Then on thine own thoughts thou shiver Often see I rowing, boating! In the eves of scented summer Holy mornings, foggy winter Thou in silent worship hour On the sands of ocean shimmer O thou angel, O thou mystic! Thinkst thou of earth or heaven? Thinkst thou of Love that Vanished? Thinkst thou in seventh heaven? Thinkst thou that life is sorrow? Sorrow with the beats that mingles? Thinkst thou of mirthful hour? Not on face of earth that lingers! Write on waves of ocean angel With the quills in heart of water Ways of earth are ways of sorrow Ways of God are ways to laughter