Inspired Youth lyrics
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Then give me back youth's golden prime,
When my own spirit too was growing,
When from my heart th' unbidden rhyme
Gush'd forth, a fount for ever flowing ;
Then shadowy mist the world conceal'd,
And every bud sweet promise made
Of wonders yet to be reveal'd,
As through the vales, with blooms inlaid,
Culling a thousand flowers I stray'd.