Franz Peter Schubert

"Here lie rich treasure and still fairer hopes."

Epitaph on Schubert's tombstone

You are the embodiment

Of humanity's tearful heart-cry

And Divinity's powerful soul-smile.

True, hope-bird tries to fly

Beyond reality's horizon.

Again, reality's contribution

Can be unimaginably fruitful.

Death snatched your body

At a most deplorably early age

of 31.

But Immortality kept your soul

Permanently here on earth

To be treasured eternally by

earth.