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The Sorrows of Young Werther 65October 10

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The Sorrows of Young Werther 65

October 10

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Only to gaze upon her dark eyes is to me a source of happiness! And what grieves me, is, that Albert does not seem so happy as he—hoped to be—as I should have been—if—I am no friend to these pauses, but here I cannot express it otherwise; and probably I am explicit enough.

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Boylan — The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by R. Dillon Boylan) (author lived 1749–1832). Public Domain. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by R. Dillon Boylan, The Sorrows of Young Werther; public domain in the US; text from Project Gutenberg #2527. Source

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The Sorrows of Young Werther 66

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