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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TIME, by JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Poet's Biography
First Line: Threefold the stride of time, from first to last
Last Line: And motionless forever stands the past.
Alternate Author Name(s): Schiller, Friedrich Von
Subject(s): Time
First Line: Threefold the stride of time, from first to last
Last Line: And motionless forever stands the past.
Alternate Author Name(s): Schiller, Friedrich Von
Subject(s): Time
Threefold the stride of Time, from first to last!
Loitering slow, the Future creepeth—
Arrow-swift, the Present sweepeth—
And motionless forever stands the Past.
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