In memory of Norbert von Hellingrath
Who was killed in action
On December 14, 1916
1. Composing poems: "This most innocent of occupations." (III, 377)
2. "That is why language, the most dangerous of goods, has been given to man . . . so that he may bear witness to what he is...." (IV, 246)
3. "Much has man experienced.
Named many of the heavenly ones,
Since we have been a conversation
And able to hear from one another." (IV, 343)
4. "But what remains is founded by the poets." (IV, 63)
5. "Full of merit, yet poetically, man
Dwells on this earth." (VI, 25)
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Elucidations of Hölderlin's Poetry