Date: 1748
The sorrowing soul is tempestuous
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Date: 1774, rev. 1787, 1779 in English
"My mind is calm and serene, like the first fine mornings of spring."
preview | full record— Goethe, Johann Wolfgang (1749-1832)
Date: 1774, rev. 1787, 1779 in English
"My sensations change with the rapidity of lightning."
preview | full record— Goethe, Johann Wolfgang (1749-1832)
Date: 1774, rev. 1787, 1779 in English
"The whole force of these words fell like a stroke of thunder on the heart of the unfortunate Werter."
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