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  • As beauteous is the world, and many a joy Floats through its wide dominion. But, alas, When we would seize the winged good, it flies.

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    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Anna Swanwick, Henry George Bohn (1860). “Dramatic works of Goethe: comprising Faust, Iphigenia in Tauris, Torquato Tasso, Egmont”, p.273
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As beauteous is the world, and many a joy Floats through its wide dominion. But, alas, When we would seize the winged good, it flies. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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