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Excerpt from Goethe: A New Pantomime My Birth-day Dream. The golden Julian mom was gleaming o'er me, The diamond stars were waning one by one, When, lo! methought a Vision rose before me - Two maidens beauteous as the rising sun. On the pale brows of one were towers shining, A glory burst like Herè's from her eyes; But round the other's forehead I saw twining Laurels and roses bright as brightest skies. Then quoth the first, "My name, beloved, is Power; I come to thee and woo thee for mine own; Wealth, grandeur, titles - these shall be thy dower, But thou must seek, court, worship me alone. The marble palace glittering in its glory, The pomp, the power, the attributes of Kings, These I can give thee, with a name in story; - Can'st thou for these put forth thine eagle wings?" Then quoth the second, "Pomp, and power, and palace, And royal wealth and grandeur are not mine: I cannot give thee garden, bower, or chalice Resplendent with its gems, and crowned with wine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.