Where never human foot had mark'd the shore, These ruffians left me — Yet believe me, Areas, Such is the rooted love we bear mankind, All ruffians as they were, I never heard A sound so dismal as their parting oars. Lessings Werke - Page 43by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1766Full view - About this book
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