" I am lost to the world with which I used to waste so much time, It has heard nothing from me for so long that it may very well believe that I am dead!
It is of no consequence to me Whether it thinks me dead; I cannot deny it, for I really am dead to the world.
I am dead to the world's tumult, And I rest in a quiet realm! I live alone in my heaven, In my love and in my song! "