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FATE AND SYMPATHY	A
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'NE'ER have I seen the market and streets so thoroughly empty	A
Still as the grave is the town clear'd out I verily fancy	A
Fifty at most of all our inhabitants still may be found there	B
People are so inquisitive All are running and racing	C
Merely to see the sad train of poor fellows driven to exile	D
Down to the causeway now building the distance nearly a league is	E
And they thitherward rush in the heat and the dust of the noonday	A
As for me I had rather not stir from my place just to stare at	A
Worthy and sorrowful fugitives who with what goods they can carry	A
Leaving their own fair land on the further side of the Rhine stream	F
Over to us are crossing and wander through the delightful	G
Nooks of this fruitful vale with all its twistings and windings	E
Wife you did right well to bid our son go and meet them	H
Taking with him old linen and something to eat and to drink too	A
Just to give to the poor the rich are bound to befriend them	H
How he is driving along How well he holds in the horses	E
Then the new little carriage looks very handsome inside it	A
Four can easily sit besides the one on the coachbox	E
This time he is alone how easily turns it the corner '	-
Thus to his wife the host of the Golden Lion discoursed	A
Sitting at ease in the porch of his house adjoining the market	A
Then replied as follows the shrewd and sensible hostess	E
'Father I don't like giving old linen away for I find it	A
Useful in so many ways 'tis not to he purchased for money	A
Just when it's wanted And yet to day I gladly have given	I
Many excellent articles shirts and covers and suchlike	C
For I have heard of old people and children walking half naked	A
Will you forgive me too for having ransacked your presses	E
That grand dressing gown cover'd with Indian flowers all over	J
Made of the finest calico lined with excellent flannel	G
I have despatch'd with the rest 'tis thin old quite out of fashion '	-
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But the worthy landlord only smiled and then answer'd	A
I shall dreadfully miss that ancient calico garment	A
Genuine Indian stuff They're not to be had any longer	J
Well I shall wear it no more And your poor husband henceforward	A
Always must wear a surtout I suppose or commonplace jacket	A
Always must put on his boots good bye to cap and to slippers '	-
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'See ' continued his wife 'a few are already returning	C
Who have seen the procession which long ago must have pass'd by	K
See how dusty their shoes are and how their faces are glowing	C
Each one carries a handkerchief wiping the sweat from his forehead	A
I for one wouldn't hurry and worry myself in such weather	J
Merely to see such a sight I'm certain to hear all about it '	-
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And the worthy father speaking with emphasis added	A
'Such fine weather seldom lasts through the whole of the harvest	A
And we're bringing the fruit home just as the hay we brought lately	A
Perfectly dry the sky is clear no cloud's in the heavens	E
And the whole day long delicious breezes are blowing	C
Splendid weather I call it The corn already too ripe is	E
And to morrow begin we to gather the plentiful harvest '	-
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Whilst he was thus discoursing the number of men and of women	I
Crossing the market and going towards home kept ever increasing	C
And there return'd amongst others bringing with him his daughters	E
On the other side of the market their prosperous neighbour	J
Going full speed to his newbuilt house the principal merchant	A
Riding inside an open carriage in Landau constructed	A
All the streets were alive for the town though small was well peopled	A
Many a factory throve there and many a business also	E
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Long sat the excellent couple under the doorway exchanging	C
Many a passing remark on the people who happen'd to pass them	H
Presently thus to her husband exclaim'd the good natured hostess	E
'See Yon comes the minister with him is walking the druggist	A
They'll be able to give an account of all that has happen'd	A
What they witness'd and many a sight I fear which was painful '	-
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Both of them came in a friendly manner and greeted the couple	G
Taking their seats on the wooden benches under the doorway	L
Shaking the dust from their feet their handkerchiefs using to fan them	H
Presently after exchanging reciprocal greetings the druggist	A
Open'd his mouth and almost peevishly vented his feelings	E
'What strange creatures men are They all resemble each other	J
All take pleasure in staring when troubles fall on their neighbours	E
Ev'ry one runs to see the flames destroying a dwelling	C
Or a poor criminal led in terror and shame to the scaffold	A
All the town has been out to gaze at the sorrowing exiles	E
None of them bearing in mind that a like misfortune hereafter	J
Possibly almost directly may happen to be their own portion	I
I can't pardon such levity yet 'tis the nature of all men '	-
Thereupon rejoin'd the noble and excellent pastor	J
He the charm of the town in age scarce more than a stripling	C
He was acquainted with life and knew the wants of his hearers	E
Fully convinced of the worth of the Holy Scriptures whose mission	I
Is to reveal man's fate his inclinations to fathom	M
He was also well read in the best of secular writings	E
'I don't like to find fault with any innocent impulse	E
Which in the mind of man Dame Nature has ever implanted	A
For what reason and intellect ne'er could accomplish is often	I
Done by some fortunate quite irresistible instinct within him	N
If mankind were never by curiosity driven	I
Say could they e'er have found out for themselves the wonderful manner	J
Things in the world range in order For first they Novelty look for	J
Then with untiring industry seek to discover the Useful	G
Lastly they yearn for the Good which makes them noble and worthy	A
All through their youth frivolity serves as their joyous companion	I
Hiding the presence of danger and swiftly effacing the traces	E
Caused by misfortune and grief as soon as their onslaught is over	J
Truly the man's to be praised who as years roll onward develops	E
Out of such glad disposition an intellect settled and steady	A
Who in good fortune as well as misfortune strives zealously nobly	A
For what is Good he brings forth replacing whatever is injured '	-
Then in a friendly voice impatiently spoke thus the hostess	E
'Tell us what have you seen I am eagerly longing to hear it '	-
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Then with emphasis answer'd the druggist ' The terrible stories	E
Told me to day will serve for a long time to make me unhappy	A
Words would fail to describe the manifold pictures of mis'ry	J
Far in the distance saw we the dust before we descended	A
Down to the meadows the rising hillocks hid the procession	I
Long from our eyes and little could we distinguish about it	A
When however we reach'd the road that winds thro' the valley	A
Great was the crowd and the noise of the emigrants mix'd with the waggons	E
We unhappily saw poor fellows passing in numbers	E
Some of them showing how bitter the sense of their sorrowful flight was	E
Some with a feeling of joy at saving their lives in a hurry	A
Sad was the sight of the manifold goods and chattels pertaining	C
Unto a well managed house which the careful owner's accustom'd	A
Each in its proper position to place and in regular order	J
Always ready for use for all are wanted and useful	G
Sad was the sight of them now on many a waggon and barrow	J
Heap'd in thorough confusion and hurriedly huddled together	J
Over a cupboard was placed a sieve and a coverlet woollen	I
Beds in the kneeding troughs lay and linen over the glasses	E
Ah and the danger appear'd to rob the men of their senses	E
Just as in our great fire of twenty years ago happen'd	A
When what was worthless they saved and left all the best things behind them	H
So on the present occasion with heedless caution they carried	A
Many valueless chattels o'erlading the cattle and horses	E
Common old boards and barrels a birdcage next to a goosepen	I
Women and children were gasping beneath the weight of their bundles	E
Baskets and tubs full of utterly useless articles bearing	C
Man is always unwilling the least of	O

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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