Goethe - Queen of Heaven

HEAVEN´S QUEEN

HERE IS FREE PROSPECT WIDE,
THE SOUL UP-BEARING;
THERE WOMEN-FIGURES GLIDE,
HEAVENWARDS FARING.
WITH THEM THE HEAVENLY QUEEN,
MAJESTY TENDER;
IN WREATH OF STARS IS SEEN,
CLEAR IN HER SPLENDOUR.

PAVILLIONED IN THE HEAVEN´S BLUE,
QUEEN ON HIGH OF ALL THE WORLD;
FOR THE HOLY SIGHT I SUE,
OF THE MYSTERY UNFURLED.
SANCTION WHAT IN MAN MAY MOVE,
FEELINGS TENDER AND AUSTERE;
AND WITH GLOW OF SACRED LOVE,
LIFTS HIM TO THY PRESENCE NEAR.

SOULS UNCONQUERABLE RISE,
IF, SUBLIME, THOU WILL IT;
SINKS THAT STORM IN PEACEFUL WISE,
IF THY PITY STILL IT.
VIRGIN, PURE IN HEAVENLY SHEEN,
MOTHER, THRONED SUPERNAL;
HIGHEST BIRTH, OUR CHOSEN QUEEN,
GODHEAD´S PEER ETERNAL.