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I was still blind, but twinkling stars did dance Throughout my being's limitless expanse, Nothing had yet drawn close, only at distant stages I found myself, a mere suggestion sensed in past and future ages.
Novalis
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Novalis
Age: 28 †
Born: 1772
Born: May 2
Died: 1801
Died: March 25
Engineer
Literary Theorist
Lyricist
Philosopher
Poet
Writer
Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg
Friedrich von Hardenberg
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Blind
Suggestion
Past
Mere
Stages
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Dance
Limitless
Still
Close
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Nothing
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Distant
Stars
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Age
Drawn
Twinkling
Future
Throughout
Expanse
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