Earth raised up her head
From the darkness dread and drear,
Her light
fled,
Stony, dread,
And her locks covered with grey
despair.
"Prisoned on watery shore,
Starry jealousy does keep my
den
Cold and hoar;
Weeping o're,
I hear the father of the ancient
men.
"Selfish father of men!
Cruel, jealous, selfish fear!
Can
delight,
Chained in night,
The virgins of youth and morning
bear?
"Does spring hide its joy,
When buds and blossoms grow?
Does
the sower
Sow by night,
Or the plowman in darkness plough?
"Break this heavy chain,
That does freeze my bones around!
Selfish,
vain,
Eternal bane,
That free love with bondage bound."
