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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Departure
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WITH many a thousand kiss not yet content,
At length with One kiss I was forced to go;
After that bitter parting`s depth of woe,
I deem`d the shore from which my steps I bent,
Its hills, streams, dwellings, mountains, as I went,
A pledge of joy, till daylight ceased to glow;
Then on my sight did blissful visions grow
In the dim-lighted, distant firmament,
And when at length the sea confined my gaze,
My ardent longing fill`d my heart once more;
What I had lost, unwillingly I sought.
Then Heaven appear`d to shed its kindly rays:
Methought that all I had possess`d of yore
Remain`d still mine—that I was reft of nought.
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