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A poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Apparent Death

Apparent Death


WEEP, maiden, weep here o'er the tomb of Love;

He died of nothing--by mere chance was slain.

But is he really dead?--oh, that I cannot prove:

A nothing, a mere chance, oft gives him life again.


1767-9.





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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's poem: Apparent Death




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