Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE THOUGHT ETERNAL, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE


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THE THOUGHT ETERNAL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Whether day my spirit's yearning
Last Line: He is ever fair and great.
Subject(s): Future Life; Retribution; Eternity; After Life


WHETHER day my spirit's yearning
Unto far, blue hills has led,
Or the night lit all the burning
Constellations at my head—
Hours of light or hours nocturnal
Do I praise our mortal fate:
If man think the thought eternal
He is ever fair and great.





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