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the mother of goethe frau aja

by margaret reeks

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...son, thou art right, we elders gave the example. For we made our choice not in days of rejoicing : Rather it was that hour of misery knit us together, 'Twas on a Monday morn well know I ; the previous day was That of the terrible fire, when so much of the city was burnt down ; Twenty years it is now ; just as to-day, 'twas a Sunday ; Hot and dry was the season and most of the water was dried up, * Councillor. It is customary in German to assume the title. 28 Wifehood All the townsfolk a-walking were gone, in their holiday clothing, Scatter'd about in the villages near and the mills and the gardens, Then at the end of the town the fire broke out ; and the burning Quick ran all the street long and caused a draught with its blazing, Then were the barns all burnt that held the garnered harvest Burnt were the streets as far as the market ; the house of my father Here close by was consumed and this along with it perisht. Not far off fled we, I sat the desolate night through There on the...