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GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832). Autograph verse signed ('J.W. Goethe'), Weimar, April 1825, four lines on one page, 101 x 169mm (remnant of mount). Provenance. 'Given to J. Murray Drummond when at Weimar by Madame de Goethe being her Fathers writing 1825' (annotation to verso); with a transcription and translation.
'Mich verwirren will das Irren;
Doch Du weiß mich zu entwirren.
Wenn ich handle, wenn ich dichte,
Gieb Du meinem Weg die Richte'.
A touching album-verse: 'You know how to extricate me from my confusion; in work or in poetry, you show the way'. (2)
'Mich verwirren will das Irren;
Doch Du weiß mich zu entwirren.
Wenn ich handle, wenn ich dichte,
Gieb Du meinem Weg die Richte'.
A touching album-verse: 'You know how to extricate me from my confusion; in work or in poetry, you show the way'. (2)
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