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Constancy In Change

LD this early bliss but

Constant for one single hour!

But e'en now the humid

Scatters many a vernal shower.

Should the verdure give me joy?'Tis to it I owe the shade;

Soon will storms its bloom destroy,

Soon will Autumn bid it fade.

Eagerly thy portion seize,

If thou wouldst possess the fruit!

Fast begin to ripen these,

And the rest already shoot.

With each heavy storm of

Change comes o'er thy valley fair;

Once, alas! but not

Can the same stream hold thee e'er.

And thyself, what erst at

Firm as rocks appear'd to rise,

Walls and palaces thou

But with ever-changing eyes.

Fled for ever now the

That with kisses used to glow,

And the foot, that used to skipO'er the mountain, like the roe.

And the hand, so true and warm,

Ever raised in charity,

And the cunning-fashion'd form,—All are now changed utterly.

And what used to bear thy name,

When upon yon spot it stood,

Like a rolling billow came,

Hast'ning on to join the flood.

Be then the beginning

With the end in unison,

Swifter than the forms

Are themselves now fleeting on!

Thank the merit in thy breast,

Thank the mould within thy heart,

That the Muses' favour

Ne'er will perish, ne'er depart.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His works include: four novels; epic and lyric po…

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