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Friedrich Holderlin - When I Was A Boy
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When I was a boy 
   a god would often rescue me 
      from the shouting and violence of humans. 
         Then, safe and well, I would play 
             with the meadow flowers, 
                  and heaven`s breezes 
                       would play with me. 
  
  

And as you delight the heart 
of plants, stretching their tender 
arms toward you, 
Father Helios, 
so you delighted my heart, 
and I was your beloved, 
holy Luna, just like Endymion! 

  
All you faithful 
friendly gods! 
I wish you knew 
how my soul loved you! 

  
Naturally I couldn`t call you 
by name then, nor did you use 
mine, as humans do, as if 
they really knew each other. 

  
But I was better acquainted with you 
than I ever was with humans. 
I knew the stillness of the Aether: 
I never understood the words of men. 

  
The euphony of the rustling 
meadow was my education; 
among flowers I learned to love. 

  
I grew up 
in the arms of the gods.
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