Poems (Schiller)/Thoughts of thee

THOUGHTS OF THEE Inscribed to T. J. E.
When twilight hours are fadingIn deeper shades of night,Where stars o'er earth are sheddingSoft rays of silver light,My thoughts afar are wandering,Beyond the mountains high,That proudly stretch their lofty peaksToward yonder western sky.
When o'er the earth are breakingThe gentle morning hours,And birds are sweetly singingAmid their leafy bowers,Again my thoughts on wakingFly, darling, right to thee,Away across the mountainsWhere I would gladly be.Autumn, 1866.