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WATER FETCHING goes the noble	A
Brahmin's wife so pure and lovely	B
He is honour'd void of blemish	C
And of justice rigid stern	D
Daily from the sacred river	E
Brings she back refreshments precious	F
But where is the pail and pitcher	E
She of neither stands in need	G
For with pure heart hands unsullied	G
She the water lifts and rolls it	H
To a wondrous ball of crystal	A
This she bears with gladsome bosom	I
Modestly with graceful motion	J
To her husband in the house	K
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She to day at dawn of morning	L
Praying comes to Ganges' waters	M
Bends her o'er the glassy surface	F
Sudden in the waves reflected	N
Flying swiftly far above her	E
From the highest heavens descending	L
She discerns the beauteous form	O
Of a youth divine created	N
By the God's primeval wisdom	I
In his own eternal breast	P
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When she sees him straightway feels she	B
Wondrous new confused sensations	Q
In her inmost deepest being	L
Fain she'd linger o'er the vision	J
Then repels it it returneth	R
And perplex'd she bends her flood wards	S
With uncertain hands to draw it	H
But alas she draws no more	T
For the water's sacred billows	U
Seem to fly to hasten from her	E
She but sees the fearful chasm	I
Of a whirlpool black disclosed	V
	-
Arms drop down and footsteps stumble	A
Can this be the pathway homewards	U
Shall she fly or shall she tarry	B
Can she think when thought and counsel	A
When assistance all are lost	W
So before her spouse appears she	B
On her looks he look is judgment	X
Proudly on the sword he seizes	U
To the hill of death he drags her	E
Where delinquents' blood pays forfeit	H
What resistance could she offer	E
What excuses could she proffer	E
Guilty knowing not her guilt	Y
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And with bloody sword returns he	B
Musing to his silent dwelling	L
When his son before him stands	U
Whose this blood Oh father father	E
The delinquent woman's Never	E
For upon the sword it dries not	Z
Like the blood of the delinquent	X
Fresh it flows as from the wound	A2
Mother mother hither hasten	J
Unjust never was my father	E
Tell me what he now hath done	J
Silence silence hers the blood is	U
Whose my father Silence Silence	U
What oh what my mother's blood	N
What her crime What did she Answer	E
Now the sword the sword now hold I	B2
Thou thy wife perchance might'st slaughter	E
But my mother might'st not slay	C2
Through the flames the wife is able	A
Her beloved spouse to follow	D2
And his dear and only mother	E
Through the sword her faithful son	J
Stay oh stay exclaim'd the father	E
Yet 'tis time so hasten hasten	J
Join the head upon the body	B
With the sword then touch the figure	E
And alive she'll follow thee	B
	-
Hastening he with breathless wonder	E
Sees the bodies of two women	J
Lying crosswise and their heads too	E2
Oh what horror which to choose	U
Then his mother's head he seizes	U
Does not kiss it deadly pale 'tis	U
On the nearest headless body	B
Puts it quickly and then blesses	U
With the sword the pious work	F2
Then the giant form uprises	U
From the dear lips of his mother	E
Lips all god like changeless blissful	A
Sound these words with horror fraught	G2
Son oh son what overhast'ning	F2
Yonder is thy mother's body	B
Near it lies the impious head	H2
Of the woman who hath fallen	J
Victim to the judgment sword	I2
To her body I am grafted	J2
By thy hand for endless ages	U
Wise in counsel wild in action	J
I shall be amongst the gods	U
E'en the heav'nly boy's own image	K2
Though in eye and brow so lovely	B
Sinking downwards to the bosom	I
Mad and raging lust will stir	E
	-
'Twill return again for ever	E
Ever rising ever sinking	F2
Now obscured and now transfigur'd	J2
So great Brama hath ordain'd	J2
He 'twas sent the beauteous pinions	U
Radiant face and slender members	U
Of the only God begotten	L2
That I might be proved and tempted	J2
For from high descends temptation	J
When the gods ordain it so	U
And so I the Brahmin woman	J
With my head in Heaven reclining	F2
Must experience as a Pariah	M2
The debasing power of earth	R
	-
Son I send thee to thy father	E
Comfort him Let no sad penance	U
Weak delay or thought of merit	J2
Hold thee in the desert fast	J2
Wander on through ev'ry nation	J
Roam abroad throughout all ages	U
And proclaim to e'en the meanest	J2
That great Brama hears his cry	B2
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None is in his eyes the meanest	J2
He whose limbs are lame and palsied	J2
He whose soul is wildly riven	J
Worn with sorrow hopeless helpless	U
Be he Brahmin be he Pariah	M2
If tow'rd heaven he turns his gaze	U
Will perceive will learn to know it	J2
Thousand eyes are glowing yonder	E
Thousand ears are calmly list'ning	F2
From which nought below is hid	J2
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If I to his throne soar upward	J2
If he sees my fearful figure	E
By his might transform'd to horror	E
He for ever will lament it	J2
May it to your good be found	J2
And I now will kindly warn him	N2
And I now will madly tell him	N2
Whatsoe'er my mind conceiveth	R
What within my bosom heaveth	R
But my thoughts my inmost feelings	U
Those a secret shall remain	O2

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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