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The heart asks pleasure - first, And then excuse from pain. And then those little anodynes That deaden suffering. And then, to go to sleep; And then, if it should be The will of its Inquisitor, The liberty to die.
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Erst sucht das Herz die Lust, hernach Freiheit von Schmerz; und dann die kleinen Mittelchen, die töten jeden Schmerz. Dann sucht es seinen Schlaf; und dann, falls dies sollt’ sein der Wille dessen, der's vernimmt, die Freiheit heimzugehn.
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