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The Poet Addresses His Muse.

How I could live without thee,
  I conceive not. But horror o'ertakes me,

Seeing these thousands and more
  who without thee can exist.


An die Muse.

Was ich ohne dich wäre,
  ich weiss es nicht; aber mir grauet,

Seh' ich, was ohne dich
  Hundert' und Tausende sind.