Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NATURE AND ART, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE


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First Line: Nature and art asunder seem to fly
Last Line: And under law thy perfect freedom gain.
Subject(s): Art & Artists; Nature


NATURE and art asunder seem to fly,
Yet sooner than we think find common ground;
In place of strife, harmonious songs resound,
And both, at one, to my abode draw nigh.
In sooth but one endeavor I descry:
Then only, when in ordered moments' round
Wisdom and toil our lives to Art have bound,
Dare we rejoice in Nature's liberty.
Thus is achievement fashioned everywhere:
Not by ungovernable, hasty zeal
Shalt thou the height of perfect form attain.
Husband thy strength, if great emprize thou dare;
In self-restraint they masterhood reveal,
And under law thy perfect freedom gain.





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