I have been reading "Conversations with Goethe" and am intrigued by one of his great romantic poems that seems to have come out of his love for a young girl near the end of his life. Does anyone have any details about this relationship.
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I have been reading "Conversations with Goethe" and am intrigued by one of his great romantic poems that seems to...
Layman Summers
Mar 14, 2008 14:35
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