• The Course Of Life by Friedrich Holderlin

  • Sep 24 2023
  • Length: 2 mins
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The Course Of Life by Friedrich Holderlin

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  •   You too wanted better things, but love
              forces all of us down.  Sorrow bends us more
              forcefully, but the arc doesn't return to its
              point of origin without a reason.
     
              Upwards or downwards!  In holy Night,
              where mute Nature plans the coming days,
              doesn't there reign in the most twisted Orcus
              something straight and direct?
     
              This I have learned.  Never to my knowledge
              did you, all-preserving gods, like mortal
              masters, lead me providentially
              along a straight path.
     
              The gods say that man should test
              everything, and that strongly nourished
              he be thankful for everything, and understand
              the freedom to set forth wherever he will.
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