The Poems of Goethe, Translated in the Original Metres · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1803.* ----- EFFECTS AT A DISTANCE.
That the spirit through space never wended,-- That traces alone By the present were shown,-- That afar nought was fashion'd--not even By the stars that illumine you heaven. "Now see! while a goblet beside me they drain'd, They spilt all the drink in the chalice; And straightway the boy had his waistcoat stain'd At the furthermost end of the palace.-- Let them newly be clad! And since I am glad That it served as a proof so decided, The cost will by me be provided."
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