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" "The heart’s waves would not foam so
splendidly or rise so high as soaring spirit
were it not that destiny, the mute old
rock, obstructs their course
Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (20 March 1770 – 6 June 1843) was a major German lyric poet, whose work bridges the Classical and Romantic schools.
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Fragmento de: Friedrich Hölderlin. “Hiperión o el eremita en Grecia”. Apple Books.