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Four elements, joined in
Harmonious strife,
Shadow the world forth,
And typify life.
Into the goblet
The lemon's juice pour;
Acid is ever
Life's innermost core.
Now, with the sugar's
All-softening juice,
The strength of the acid
So burning reduce.
The bright sparkling water
Now pour in the bowl;
Water all-gently
Encircles the whole.
Let drops of the spirit
To join them now flow;
Life to the living
Naught else can bestow.
Drain it off quickly
Before it exhales;
Save when 'tis glowing,
The draught naught avails.
Friedrich von Schiller
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Elsie Kennedy (5/28/2007 9:35:00 PM)
Hello,
I have a copy of Schiller's Poems, Translated bySir Edward Bulwer Lytton, BART. and in it the poem Punch Song is entirely different. Can anyone tell me why? Also where I might find out the value of my copy, printed in New York from ' the Last Loncon Copy'
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