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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
END OF THE WORLD, by ELSE LASKER-SCHULER Poet's Biography
First Line: There is a weeping in the world
Last Line: Whereby we too must die.
Subject(s): Bible; Judgment Day; End Of The World; Doomsday; Fall Of Man
First Line: There is a weeping in the world
Last Line: Whereby we too must die.
Subject(s): Bible; Judgment Day; End Of The World; Doomsday; Fall Of Man
There is a weeping in the world,
As though the dear God had met his doom,
And the leaden shadow here unfurled
Is heavy as a tomb.
Come, let us hide, as we have hid so often...
Life in all hearts is lying
As in a coffin.
Dear! we must kiss deeply, you and I—
The world throbs with a longing
Whereby we too must die.
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