• I was still blind, but twinkling stars did dance Throughout my being's limitless expanse, Nothing had yet drawn close, only at distant stages I found myself, a mere suggestion sensed in past and future ages.

    Novalis: I was still blind, but twinkling stars did dance 
Throughout my being's limitless expanse, 
Nothing had yet drawn close, only at distant stages 
I found myself, a mere suggestion sensed in past and future ages.
    "Romantic Vision, Ethical Context: Novalis and Artistic Autonomy". Book by Géza von Molnár, p. 2, 1987.