Was ich dort gelebt

Was ich dort gelebt, genossen,
Was mir all dorther entsprossen,
Welche Freude, welche Kenntnis,
Wär' ein allzulang Geständnis.
Mög es jeden so erfreuen,
Die Erfahrenen, die Neuen.

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , from the group of poems "Rhein und Main" in the section "Inschriften, Denk- und Sende-Blätter" of the "Ausgabe letzter Hand" (poems 82-96 of the section; this is no. 83).

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by Hanns Eisler (1898-1962) , "Was ich dort gelebt", 1954.

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