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Margarete Münsterberg, ed., trans. A Harvest of German Verse. 1916.

By Do Thou Speak Now

Konrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825–1898)

TO thee I wandered daily, dearest wood,

In hazy days of youth, now long gone by:

I would confide thee so much dreamed-of good,

From such true sorrow thou wouldst hear me sigh.

And thee again, my sombre haunt, I seek,

The murmur of thy treetops’ mighty sea—

Do thou speak now! For I shall let thee speak!

Joy, pain are dumb. I’ll hearken now to thee.