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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE'S HOUR-GLASS, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Poet's Biography
First Line: Eros! Wherefore do I see thee, with the glass
Last Line: That is for the days of dalliance, and it melts with golden speed.'
Subject(s): Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von (1749-1832); Love; Time
First Line: Eros! Wherefore do I see thee, with the glass
Last Line: That is for the days of dalliance, and it melts with golden speed.'
Subject(s): Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von (1749-1832); Love; Time
EROS! wherefore do I see thee, with the glass in either hand?
Fickle God! with double measure wouldst thou count the shifting sand?
'This one flows for parted lovers -- slowly drops each tiny bead --
That is for the days of dalliance, and it melts with golden speed.'
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