The Sower

Read 'The Sower' by 'Friedrich von Schiller' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

The Sower by Friedrich Von Schiller

 Sure of the spring that warms them into birth,
The golden seeds thou trustest to the earth;
And dost thou doubt the eternal spring sublime,
For deeds--the seeds which wisdom sows in time.

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