Margarete Münsterberg, ed., trans. A Harvest of German Verse. 1916.
By Last WordsAnnette Freün von Droste-Hülshoff (17971848)
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Beloved, shed no tears, I pray!
Where I shall dwell, there peace is reigning,
There shines an everlasting day.
Your images shall never fade;
I’ll pray that all your pain be banished,
That balm upon your wounds be laid.
Above the world that sorrow mars,
Ah, think not of my grave with sighing!
For then I greet you from the stars.