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SONGS OF CREATION: 7 by HEINRICH HEINE

First Line: THE CHIEFEST REASON WHY I MADE
Last Line: CREATION MADE ME ONCE MORE SOUND.
Subject(s): CREATION; EARTH; SOUL; WORLD;

THE chiefest reason why I made
The earth, I will confess with gladness:
Within my soul, like fiery madness,
A burning call to do so play'd.

Illness was the especial ground
Of my creative inclination;
I might recover by creation,
Creation made me once more sound.



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