Versos English Friedrich Schiller His embrace--what maddening rapture bound us

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His embrace--what maddening rapture bound us

by (1759–1805)

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His embrace—what maddening rapture bound us! Bosom throbbed 'gainst bosom with wild might; Mouth and ear were chained—night reigned around us— And the spirit winged toward heaven its flight.