half past nine in the morning
Consume my body with a spirit-glow , that in ether I may mingle more closely with thee , and be thou my bridal night forever . '' The Beloved was Sophia ; concerning whom he writes as follows : -- `` Weissenfels , March 22d , 1797 . `` It is for me a mournful duty to inform you that Sophia is no more . After unspeakable sufferings , borne with exemplary resignation , she died on the 10th of March , at half past nine in the morning . She was born on the 17th of March , 1783 , and on the 15th of March , 1795 , I gained from her the assurance , that she would be mine . She has suffered since the 7th of November , 1795 . Eight days before her death I left her with the strongest conviction , that I should never see her again .