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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VOTIVE TABLETS: THE SCIENCE OF POLITICS, by JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Poet's Biography
First Line: All that thou dost be right -- to that alone confine thy view
Last Line: False zeal would sound and perfect make the something that's to be!
Alternate Author Name(s): Schiller, Friedrich Von
Subject(s): Politics & Government
First Line: All that thou dost be right -- to that alone confine thy view
Last Line: False zeal would sound and perfect make the something that's to be!
Alternate Author Name(s): Schiller, Friedrich Von
Subject(s): Politics & Government
ALL that thou dost be right — to that alone confine thy view,
And halt within the certain rule — the All that's right to do!
True zeal the what already is would sound and perfect see;
False zeal would sound and perfect make the something that's to be!
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