I grew up in the arms of the gods. - Friedrich Hölderlin

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I grew up in the arms of the gods.

Friedrich Hölderlin

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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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Native Name: Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin

Alternative Names: Frederich Holderlin

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close and difficult to realize is the god, but where danger abounds, grows what saves.

Near and hard
to grasp
Is the God.
But where danger is
Deliverance also grows

Now we were standing close to the summit's rim, gazing out into the endless East.

I grew up in the arms of the gods. - Friedrich Hölderlin

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