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Soldier Poets

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So let him journey through his earthly day,
'Mid hustling spirits, go his self-found way,
Find torture, bliss, in every forward stride,
He, every moment still unsatisfied.


Faust Part II

Ja! diesem Sinne bin ich ganz ergeben,
Das ist der Weisheit letzter Schluss:
Nur der verdient sich Freiheit wie das Leben,
Der taglich sie erobern muss.


Er wandle so den Erdentag entlang;
Wenn Geister spuken, geh' er seiner gang;
Im Weiterschreiten find 'er Qual und Gluck,
Er, unbefriedigt jeden Augenlick!

Prometheus Vinctus Loquitur

FAR from the farthest bounds of earth—a land
Where never yet hath foot of mortal trod,
Illimitable, pathless—here, a god
God-bound, god-tortured, god-consumed I stand.
All day the sun beats down upon the sand
Scorching the listless air; and all the night
The moon gleams cold with pale impassive light
Holding an icy sway—and still I stand!


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