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[Phillis]1, unter diesen Buchen Will ich junge Veilchen suchen; Komm, und suche sie mit mir! [Müssen]2 wir in finstern Gründen Lange suchen, sie zu finden, Dann so ruh' ich auch mit dir!
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with J.W.L. Gleim's Sämmtliche Werke, Erste Originalausgabe aus des Dichters Handschriften durch Wilhelm Körte, Erste Band, Halberstadt, im Büreau für Literatur und Kunst, 1811, page 255.
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Phyllis, under these beeches I wish to look for young violets. Come and search for them with me. [If]1 to find them we must search long in dark places, then I will also rest with you.
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