• 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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