" The Word
Wonder or dream from distant land
I carried to my country's strand
And waited till the twilit norn
Had found the name within her bourn—
Then I could grasp it close and strong
It blooms and shines now the front along...
Once I returned from happy sail,
I had a prize so rich and frail,
She sought for long and tidings told:
"No like of this these depths enfold."
And straight it vanished from my hand,
The treasure never graced my land...
So I renounced and sadly see:
Where word breaks off no thing may be. "
― Stefan George , Das Neue Reich (Sämtliche Werke, #9)
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![Stefan George quote : The Word<br /><br />Wonder or dream from distant land<br />I carried to my country's strand<br /><br />And waited till the twilit norn<br />Had found the name within her bourn—<br /><br />Then I could grasp it close and strong<br />It blooms and shines now the front along...<br /><br />Once I returned from happy sail,<br />I had a prize so rich and frail,<br /><br />She sought for long and tidings told:<br />](/image/953039.jpg)
And straight it vanished from my hand,
The treasure never graced my land...
So I renounced and sadly see:
Where word breaks off no thing may be." style="width:100%;margin:20px 0;"/>