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To Proselytizers

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To Proselytizers by Friedrich Von Schiller

 "Give me only a fragment of earth beyond the earth's limits,"--
So the godlike man said,--"and I will move it with ease."
Only give me permission to leave myself for one moment,
And without any delay I will engage to be yours.

Form: Quatrain

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