WEEP, maiden, weep here o'er the tomb of Love;

He died of nothing--by mere chance was slain.
But is he really dead?--oh, that I cannot prove:

A nothing, a mere chance, oft gives him life again.

1767-9.

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Poet: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Poem: 35. APPARENT DEATH.
Volume: The Poems - 01. Songs
Year: Published/Written in 1853
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