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THE THOUGHT ETERNAL by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

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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