A Life Was Mine Full Of The Close Concern Of Many-Voiced Affairs. The World Sped Fast; Behind Me, Ever Rolled A Pregnant Past. A Present Came Equipped With Lore To Learn. Art, Science, Letters, In Their Turn, Each One Allured Me With Its Treasures Vast; And I Staked All For Wisdom, Till At Last Thou Cam'St And Taught My Soul Anew To Yearn. I Had Not Dreamed That I Could Turn Away From All That Men With Brush And Pen Had Wrought; But Ever Since That Memorable Day When To My Heart The Truth Of Love Was Brought, I Have Been Wholly Yielded To Its Sway, And Had No Room For Any Other Thought.