No longer to regret the loss of youth Nor loved ones now whose lips are sealed with dust Or age that stealthily upon us steals A body that we can no longer trust.
O, no, I shall not grieve for love that died, The loss of friends forgotten as the years, Or passions once so frequently recalled In adolescent dreams; I shed no tears
For anger or impatience or desire That slowly disappear as mind is stilled And ego dampened if not yet subdued Or memories which yet my heart is filled.
The road before us stretches endlessly The spirit's call allows no time to mourn And of what use are all our useless tears To the torments of the world the One has borne?
O let us wait in silence as the night While falsehood reigns and all the world forlorn, Outlast the darkness, trusting in our souls And know by faith there follows soon the dawn.
Poems Undated (1727)
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