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The Abbey of Metten - ZaunköniG - 19.05.2008
The Abbey of Metten
How bright the day to memory ever dear,
When 'mid thy hallowed scenes I felt how good
It was to dwell in blessed brotherhood
With hearts, as thine, great, loyal, and sincere:
Glad, kindly, cheerful, though of life austere,
In converse meek with nature's changeful mood,
And gathering in sylvan solitude
Rich harvests of the soul from year to year.
It was the mellow autumn: sweet and calm
The golden sunshine lay on all the scene,
And fresh as breath of morning came the air:
And bright the cloisters gleamed from out the green,
Fragant of peace and hope and sorrow's balm,
And over all the spirit moved of prayer.