For too long has everything divine been utilized,And all the heavenly powers, the kindly ones, thrown away,Consumed for kicks by thankless, Cunning men, who, when the exaltedOne works in their fields, think theyKnow the daylight and the Thunderer,And their telescope might see them all and Count and name all the stars in heaven;But the Father covers our eyes with holy Night so we might remain.He loves no wildness! Our expandingpower will never force heaven.
-Friedrich Hölderlin
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