Wednesday, January 21, 2026

SOLITUDE by Goethe

 SOLITUDE.


Grant, 0 ye healing Nymphs, that have your haunts

By rock and stream and lonely forest-glade.

The boon which, in their bosoms' silent depths,

Your votaries crave ! Unto the sad of heart


Give comfort — knowledge unto him that doubts —

Possession to the lover, and its joy.

For unto you the Gods have given, what they

Denied to man — to aid and to console


All those soe'er, who put their trust in you.

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