Goethe, “The Holy Longing” on PBS NewsHour

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • 19th Century
  • English
  • German
  • Suffering
  • Difficulty
  • Death
  • Elegy
  • Nature
  • PBS NewsHour

Originally aired on PBS NewsHour, July 5, 2000. Poem translated by Robert Bly.