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The Joyful Wisdom ("La Gaya Scienza")

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Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, Levy, Oscar, Cohn, Paul V. (Paul Victor), Common, Thomas, and Petre, Maude Dominica
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A. He stands and listens: whence his pain?
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What smote his ears? Some far refrain?
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Why is his heart with anguish torn?
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B. Like all that fetters once have worn,
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He always hears the clinking—chain!

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The Joyful Wisdom ("La Gaya Scienza"), Project Gutenberg eBook #52881

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