Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

And those whom once my song had cheered and gladdened, If still they live, rove through the world now saddened.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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• And those whom once my song had cheered and gladdened, If still they live, rove through the world now saddened.

  

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  • Song
  • Saddened