In A Word.
Thus to be chain'd for ever, can I bear? A very torment that, in truth, would be. This very day my new resolve shall see. I'll not go near the lately-worshipp'd Fair. Yet what excuse, my heart, can I prepare In such a case, for not consulting thee? But courage! while our sorrows utter we In tones where love, grief, gladness have a share. But see! the minstrel's bidding to obey, Its melody pours forth the sounding lyre, Yearning a sacrifice of love to bring. Scarce wouldst thou think it ready is the lay; Well, but what then? Methought in the first fire We to her presence flew, that lay to sing.
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"Thus to be chain'd for ever, can I bear?..."
Exploring the themes of classic, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe delivers a powerful performance in "In A Word."... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...