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.