To the Soul

Lyrics

Darest thou now O Soul Walk out with me toward the Unknown Region Where neither ground is for the feet Nor any path to follow? No map there, nor guide Nor voice sounding, nor touch of human hand Nor face with blooming flesh Nor lips, nor eyes, are in that land I know it not O Soul; Nor dost thou -- all is a blank before us; All waits, undream'd of, in that region That inaccessible land Till when the ties loosen All but the ties eternal, Time and Space Nor darkness, gravitation, sense Nor any bounds, bound us Then we burst forth -- we float In Time and Space, O Soul, prеpared for them; Equal, equipt at last, -- (O joy! O fruit of all!) thеm to fulfil, O Soul