Father of light and life! thou Good supreme!

O teach me what is good! teach me Thyself!

Save me from folly, vanity and vice,

From every low pursuit! and feed my soul

With Knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure;

Sacred, substantial, never fading bliss!
[2]


Quelle:
Wilhelmine Karoline von Wobeser: Elisa oder das Weib wie es sein sollte. Leipzig 41799, S. II2-III3.
Lizenz:
Kategorien: