by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Neues
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Etwas neues vorzutragen,
so nicht nach dem alten schmeckt,
will schon manchen niederschlagen,
daß er nicht was junges heckt.
Doch, was soll die Sclaverei,
die so enge Grenzen setzet?
ob es alt ist, oder neu,
genug, wenn es nützet und ergetzet.
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- ENG English (Poppy Holden) , "Something new", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Something new
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Something new to carry forward,
not after the old tastes:
many will strike down any hedges
that didn't confine them in their youth.
But what kind of slavery is it,
to set limits like that?
Whether it is old, or new,
it's enough, if it's useful and ergetzet.
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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