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with me a little longer? The night is so long
for thoughts that dare not dream of sunrise, the
night is so dark for eyes that cannot see the stars.
Cannot you grant me a few seconds more of your
radiant eternity to behold your beautiful world,
the beloved sea, the wandering clouds, the
glorious mountains, the rustling streams, the
friendly trees, the flowers among the grass, the
birds and beasts, my brothers and sisters, in the
sky and in the forests and the fields? Cannot
you leave me at least a few wild flowers in my
hand to warm my heart, cannot you leave me a
few stars in your heaven to show me the way?
“If I am no longer to see the features of men
and women around me, cannot you at least
grant me a fugitive glance in the face of a little
child or a friendly animal? I have looked into
the face of man and woman for long, I know it
well, it has little more to teach me. It is
monotonous reading when compared to what I have
read in God’s own bible, in the mysterious face
of Mother Nature. Dear old nurse, who has
dispelled so many evil thoughts from my burning
forehead by the gentle stroke of your wrinkled
old hand, do not leave me alone in the dark. I
am afraid of the dark! Stay with me a little
longer, tell me a few more of your wonderful
fairy-tales while you put your restless child to
bed for the long night’s sleep!
“Light of the world, alas! you are a God,
and no prayer of mortal man has ever reached
your heaven. How can I, the worm, hope for
pity from you, merciless Sungod, from you who
forsook even the great Pharaoh Akhanaten
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