Collections on Ethics for All People

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future, where every minute was golden, every worry unknown! Now nature’s Elysium original: "Elisien," referring to the Elysian Fields of Greek mythology, a place of perfect happiness or paradise. is transformed into a wasteland, and the blissful fields original: "Wonnegefilde." into a wilderness. — Unhappy delusion! — Contempt for honor — grief for delight — despair for hope, that was my harvest, that was my lot original: "Loos," meaning one's appointed fate or destiny., thus sighed Arcinde — and the compassionate nightingale, listening to her laments from the high branches, was the only sharer of her pain; just as the wildflower wilts in the heat of the burning noon and sadly sinks down, so Arcinde’s head sank upon the turf, which her tears had soaked.

The dawn paled, the dew lay shimmering upon the bushes — and already the green expanse glistened with a thousand manifold rays — the flowers raised themselves from their slumber, but Arcinde still lay stretched upon the earth, and was senseless to the charms of reviving nature.