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New Series No. 18 - 2001
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| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
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| Nature and Art |
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Nature and Art appearing disparate
Are found as one beneath our very eyes;
No incongruity to my surprise,
For each seems equally to fascinate.
This requires supreme, sustained endeavour,
Devotion to our craft, unceasing practice
With heart and mind; then only may we witness
Nature kindle again as free as ever.
Nothing is built, created, without Laws;
Nor is perfection reached without restriction;
And fullest grace demands most discipline.
We must contain ourselves to win applause;
The Master is discerned within constriction;
And visions are in vain without design.
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Translated by Tessa Ransford
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page(s) 56
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