Religion
Procemion
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From God, Soul, and World
IN His blest name, who was His own creation,
Who from all time makes making his vocation;
The name of Him who makes our faith so bright,
Love, confidence, activity, and might;
In that One's name, who, named though oft He be,
Unknown is ever in Reality:
As far as ear can reach, or eyesight dim,
Thou findest but the known resembling Him;
How high so'er thy fiery spirit hovers,
Its simile and type it straight discovers
Onward thou'rt drawn, with feelings light and gay,
Where'er thou goest, smiling is the way;
No more thou numbrest, reckonest no time,
Each step is infinite, each step sublime.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Procemion.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/262/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Procemion.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/262/.
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