"I lay in heaviest fetters,Thou com'st and set'st me free;I stood in shame and sorrow,Thou callest me to Thee;And lift'st me up to honorAnd giv'st me heavenly joysWhich cannot be diminishedBy earthly scorn and noise."
"I lay in heaviest fetters,Thou com'st and set'st me free;I stood in shame and sorrow,Thou callest me to Thee;And lift'st me up to honorAnd giv'st me heavenly joysWhich cannot be diminishedBy earthly scorn and noise."
"I lay in heaviest fetters,
Thou com'st and set'st me free;
I stood in shame and sorrow,
Thou callest me to Thee;
And lift'st me up to honor
And giv'st me heavenly joys
Which cannot be diminished
By earthly scorn and noise."
When Erick had ended, the grandfather sat for a while quiet and lost in thought; then he said: "Your mother must have found a treasure when in misery, which is worth more than all the good luck and possessions which she had lost. The dear God sent that to her, and we will thank Him for it, my boy. That, too, can make me happy again, else the sight of that little window would crush my heart forever. But that your mother could sing like that, and that you, my boy, come into my home with me, that wipes away my suffering and makes me again a happy father."
The grandfather took Erick's hand lovingly in his, and so they drove toward the distant home.