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A poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
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Reciprocal Invitation to the Dance |
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Title: Reciprocal Invitation to the Dance Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [More Titles by Goethe] THE INDIFFERENT. COME to the dance with me, come with me, fair one! Dances a feast-day like this may well crown. But if thou wilt not, we still will dance on. Dances a feast-day like this may well crown. THE TENDER. Loved one, without thee, what then would all feast be? Sweet one, without thee, what then were the dance? If thou art still so, all life is one feast. Sweet one, without thee, what then were the dance? THE INDIFFERENT. Let them but love, then, and leave us the dancing! Languishing love cannot bear the glad dance. And let them steal to the dim-lighted wood. Languishing love cannot bear the glad dance. THE TENDER. Let them whirl round, then, and leave us to wander! Wand'ring to love is a heavenly dance. Vengeance takes suddenly, vengeance takes soon. Wand'ring to love is a heavenly dance.
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