Friedrich Holderlin Quote

Too long now things divine have been cheaply usedAnd all the power of heaven, the kindly, spentIn trifling waste by cold and cunningMen without thanks, who when he, the Highest,In person tills their field for them, think they knowthe daylight and the Thunderer, and indeedTheir telescope may find them all, mayCount and may name every star of heaven.Yet will the Father cover with holy night,That we may last on earth, our too knowing eyes. . . . Never will our

Friedrich Holderlin

Too long now things divine have been cheaply usedAnd all the power of heaven, the kindly, spentIn trifling waste by cold and cunningMen without thanks, who when he, the Highest,In person tills their field for them, think they knowthe daylight and the Thunderer, and indeedTheir telescope may find them all, mayCount and may name every star of heaven.Yet will the Father cover with holy night,That we may last on earth, our too knowing eyes. . . . Never will our

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