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Monday, 30 September 2013

Two chambers has the heart - Hermann Neumann

Two chambers has the heart
Wherein do dwell
Sorrow and Joy apart.

When Joy wakes in her nest
Sorrow is still
And lies in quiet rest.

Oh Joy — beware — nor break
The calm. Speak low
Lest Sorrow should awake.

Hermann Neumann (1808 - 1875) Germany

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