[Written just after the preceding one, on a 
mountain overlooking the Lake of Zurich.]

IF I, dearest Lily, did not love thee,

How this prospect would enchant my sight!
And yet if I, Lily, did not love thee,

Could I find, or here, or there, delight?

1775.

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Poet: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Poem: 53. FROM THE MOUNTAIN.
Volume: The Poems - 01. Songs
Year: Published/Written in 1853
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