Versos English Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Spirit

English poem

Spirit

by (1749–1832)

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In the tides of Life, in Action’s storm, A fluctuant wave, A shuttle free, Birth and the Grave, An eternal sea, A weaving, flowing Life, all-glowing, Thus at Time’s humming loom ’tis my hand prepares The garment of Life which the Deity wears!