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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
Age
Drawn
Twinkling
Future
Throughout
Expanse
Found
Blind
Suggestion
Past
Mere
Stages
Stills
Dance
Limitless
Still
Close
Suggestions
Nothing
Stage
Distant
Stars
Ages
Sensed
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