DIFFERENT THREATS. by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I ONCE into a forest far
My maiden went to seek, And fell upon her neck, when: "Ah!"
She threaten'd, "I will shriek!"
Then cried I haughtily: "I'll crush
The man that dares come near thee!" "Hush!" whisper'd she: "My loved one, hush!
Or else they'll overhear thee!"
1767-9.
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