University of Wittenberg
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there came a messenger once
there came a messenger oncein august it wasearly september late in the afternoonhis horsesweat lathered and panting he rodethrough the archway to the frontdoors the heavy oak doors to our priviledgehe brought instruction for besserercharles’ armies had occupiedstuttgart it was pillaged and burnedulm was taxed into destitution and submissionwhen others of his classmates here had… Continue reading
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from denmark hamlet brought silver
from denmark hamlet brought silverspeciedalers and croninand so he paid to wear the black robeand the recognition from the towns’ folkthat he was a student hereso he paid for admissioninto these corridors of ignorance and revelationadmission to these classroomswhere both daydreams and fascinations werebrought to the tablefor me he boughtmemories of how he kneltat his… Continue reading
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instructed
instructedin my first hourhere by the danish kingto share his chamber with mehis meals and his clothing his booksi possessed nothing and hamlethe was his father’s desired sonthe student favouredby the dean of philosophyalberti who instructed himto show me the townto be a host to me Continue reading
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you learn solitude
you learn solitudeyour classmates all are like older unclesi haven’t read anywhere that the soul has shutters that swing open nor have i heard anywherethat it has doorsyour peers when they strolluphill the street to market squaredown lane through the meadowwhen they wade from the grassshores of the elbe into the shallowswhen the light of… Continue reading
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