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A poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Epitaph

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Title:     Epitaph
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [More Titles by Goethe]

Epitaph

As a boy, reserved and naughty;
As a youth, a coxcomb and haughty;
As a man, for action inclined;
As a greybeard, fickle in mind.--
Upon thy grave will people read:
This was a very man, indeed!

1815.









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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's poem: Epitaph

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