Life! O shield of Fate! That no desire can reach to invocate, That ne'er defiled or sullied is by Nay, Eternal Yea of life, for e'er am I thy Yea: For I love thee, Eternity!
FRAGMENTS OF DIONYSUS-DITHYRAMBS
(1882-88)
SPEECHES, PARABLES, AND SIMILES
3 My home's in the highlands, For the highlands I yearn not, I raise not mine eyes aloft: I am one that looks downward, One that must bless,—All blessers look downward.