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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Song Of Fellowship
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IN ev`ry hour of joy

That love and wine prolong,
The moments we`ll employ

To carol forth this song!
We`re gathered in His name,

 Whose power hath brought us here;
He kindled first our flame,

He bids it burn more clear.

Then gladly glow to-night,

And let our hearts combine!
Up! quaff with fresh delight

This glass of sparkling wine!
Up! hail the joyous hour,

And let your kiss be true;
With each new bond of power

The old becomes the new!

Who in our circle lives,

And is not happy there?
True liberty it gives,

And brother`s love so fair.
Thus heart and heart through life

With mutual love are fill`d;
And by no causeless strife

Our union e`er is chill`d.

Our hopes a God has crown`d

With life-discernment free,
And all we view around,

Renews our ecstasy.
Ne`er by caprice oppress`d,

Our bliss is ne`er destroy`d;
More freely throbs our breast,

By fancies ne`er alloy`d.

Where`er our foot we set,

The more life`s path extends,
And brighter, brighter yet

Our gaze on high ascends.
We know no grief or pain,

Though all things fall and rise;
Long may we thus remain!

Eternal be our ties!
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