MY ONLY PROPERTY.

Portrait of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749–1832
13The Poems

I FEEL that I'm possess'd of nought, Saving the free unfetterd thought

Which from my bosom seeks to flow, And each propitious passing hour That suffers me in all its power

A loving fate with truth to know.

                                1814.

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