FROM The Canticles. FROM THE GERMAN OF GUSTAV JAHN. TRANSLATED BY ANNA M. MAY. "But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. IN bringing these Hymns before the English public, it may be necessary to state, that In in the original they form parts of one connected poem, embracing and systematizing every passage of the "Song of Solomon." the quotations at the head of the different pieces, I have adhered throughout to the German version adopted by the author, literally rendered; and as my aim has been to reproduce the spirit and essence, rather than the exact outward form of these "Spiritual Songs," I have occasionally sacrificed smoothness, and it may be symmetry, to free play of thought or force of expression. Ever since (two or three years ago) I met with the original, it has been my fervent desire to share |