Ohne die Träume würden wir gewiss früher alt.

Even though a lyrical "I" rather than Novalis himself is the speaker there are many relationships between the hymns and Hardenberg’s experiences from 1797 to 1800. Fichte Studies trans. The core of Hardenberg’s literary works is the quest for the connection of science and poetry and the result was supposed to be a "progressive universal poesy” (fragment no.