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SEPARATION by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

First Line: I THINK OF THEE WHENE'ER THE SUN IS GLOWING
Last Line: OH, WERT THOU HERE!
Subject(s): ABSENCE; LONGING; LOVE; SEPARATION; ISOLATION;

I THINK of thee whene'er the sun is glowing
Upon the lake;
Of thee, when in the crystal fountain flowing
The moonbeams shake.

I see thee when the wanton wind is busy,
And dust-clouds rise;
In the deep night, when o'er the bridge so dizzy
The wanderer hies.

I hear thee when the waves, with hollow roaring,
Gush forth their fill;
Often along the heath I go exploring,
When all is still.

I am with thee! Though far thou art and darkling,
Yet art thou near.
The sun goes down, the stars will soon be sparkling --
Oh, wert thou here!



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