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THE BROTHERS by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

First Line: SLUMBER, SLEEP - THEY WERE TWO BROTHERS
Last Line: SLUMBER DID HIS BROTHER'S DUTY -- SLEEP WAS DEEPEN'D INTO DEATH.
Subject(s): BROTHERS; DEATH; SLEEP; HALF-BROTHERS; DEAD, THE;
SLUMBER, Sleep -- they were two brothers, servants to the Gods above;
Kind Prometheus lured them downwards, ever fill'd with earthly love;
But what Gods could bear so lightly, press'd too hard on men beneath;
Slumber did his brother's duty -- Sleep was deepen'd into Death.



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