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Title: Wont and Done Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [More Titles by Goethe] I HAVE loved; for the first time with passion I rave! I then was the servant of all: And her my sole mistress I call. l've had faith; for the first time my faith is now strong! To the ranks of the faithful I'm true: Yet the dawning of light I now view. I have eaten; but ne'er have thus relish'd my food! At table all else is effaced Where to eat, and enjoy what I taste. I have drunk; but have never thus relish'd the bowl! And loosens the trembling slave's tongue. In its place will fast mellow the young. I have danced, and to dancing am pledged by a vow! In a dance that's becoming, whirl round. With a garland of mirth is aye crown'd. Then once more be merry, and banish all woes! By its thorns will be tickled alone. And make but the future thine own.
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