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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EVENING, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Poet's Biography
First Line: O'er every mountain height
Last Line: Thou too, shalt rest.
Subject(s): Evening; Sunset; Twilight
First Line: O'er every mountain height
Last Line: Thou too, shalt rest.
Subject(s): Evening; Sunset; Twilight
O'ER every mountain height
Slumber broods,
Scarcely a zephyr light
Stirs in the woods
One leafy crest;
The song-bird sleeps on the bough.
Wait a little, and thou,
Thou too, shalt rest.
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