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LOVE'S NEARNESS by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

First Line: I THINK OF THEE WHEN GOLDEN SUNBEAMS GLIMMER
Last Line: IF THOU WERT HERE!
Subject(s): ABSENCE; LOVE; RELATIONSHIPS; SEPARATION; ISOLATION;

I THINK of thee when golden sunbeams glimmer
Across the sea;
And when the waves reflect the moon's pale shimmer
I think of thee.

I see thy form when down the distant highway
The dust-clouds rise;
In darkest night, above the mountain by-way
I see thine eyes.

I hear thee when the ocean-tides returning
Aloud rejoice;
And on the lonely moor in silence yearning
I hear thy voice.

I dwell with thee; though thou art far removed,
Yet thou art near.
The sun goes down, the stars shine out, -- Beloved
If thou wert here!



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