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The Poems of Goethe

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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The Three

Strength find the angels in Thy sight,

Though none may hope to fathom Thee;
Still glorious are Thy works of might,

As when first form’d in majesty.

III Chorus of Angels

Christ is arisen!

Mortal, all hail!
Thou, of Earth’s prison

Dreary and frail,
Bursting the veil,

Proudly hast risen!

Chorus of Women

Rich spices and myrrh,

To embalm Him we brought;
His corpse to inter

His true followers sought.
In pure cerements shrin’d,

’Twas placed in the bier
But, alas! we now find

That Christ is not here.

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