Versos English Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The Lord

English poem

The Lord

by (1749–1832)

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Enough! 'tis granted thee! Divert This mortal spirit from his primal source; Him, canst thou seize, thy power exert And lead him on thy downward course, Then stand abash'd, when thou perforce must own, A good man in his darkest aberration, Of the right path is conscious still.