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von Goethe,
Johann Wolfgang
A German polymath: he was a poet, novelist, dramatist, humanist, scientist, theorist and painter.. German writer artist and politician
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A PARABLE.
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Written by:
Johann Wolfgang
von Goethe
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I PICKED a rustic nosegay lately,
And bore it homewards, musing greatly;
When, heated by my hand, I found
The heads all drooping tow'rd the ground.
I plac'd them in a well-cool'd glass,
And what a wonder came to pass
The heads soon raised themselves once more.
The stalks were blooming as before,
And all were in as good a case
As when they left their native place.
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So felt I, when I wond'ring heard
My song to foreign tongues transferr'd.
1828.
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