In My Sage Moments

Lyrics

In my sage moments I can say Come not near But far in foreign regions stay So that here A mind may grow again serene and clear But the thought withers. Why should I Have fear to earn me Fame from your nearness, though thereby Old fires new burn me And lastly, maybe. tear and overturn me! So I say, Come: deign again shine Upon this place Even if unslackened smart be mine From that sweet face And I faint to a phantom past all trace