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Title: Constancy in Change Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [More Titles by Goethe] COULD this early bliss but rest Constant for one single hour! Scatters many a vernal shower. 'Tis to it I owe the shade; Soon will Autumn bid it fade. Eagerly thy portion seize, If thou wouldst possess the fruit! And the rest already shoot. Change comes o'er thy valley fair; Can the same stream hold thee e'er. And thyself, what erst at least Firm as rocks appear'd to rise, But with ever-changing eyes. That with kisses used to glow, O'er the mountain, like the roe. And the hand, so true and warm, Ever raised in charity, All are now changed utterly. When upon yon spot it stood, Hast'ning on to join the flood. Be then the beginning found With the end in unison, Are themselves now fleeting on! Thank the mould within thy heart,
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