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Da meine lippen reglos sind und brennen Beacht ich erst wohin mein fuss geriet: In andrer herren prächtiges gebiet. Noch war vielleicht mir möglich mich zu trennen · Da schien es dass durch hohe gitterstäbe Der blick vor dem ich ohne lass gekniet Mich fragend suchte oder zeichen gäbe.
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Confirmed with Stefan George, Die Bücher der Hirten- und Preisgedichte, der Sagen und Sänge und der hängenden Gärten. Gesamt-Ausgabe der Werke, Band 3, Berlin, 1930, page 104.
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Ora che bruciano immote le mie labbra considero a che punto è arrivato il mio passo: nello splendido regno di padroni diversi. Forse mi sarebbe stato ancora possibile prendere congedo; prima che, fra le alte inferriate, lo sguardo davanti al quale caddi in ginocchio, sembrò farmi cenno e cercarmi insistente.
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