The Brothers

Slumber , Sleep — they were two brothers, servants to the Gods above;
Kind Prometheus lured them downwards, ever fill'd with earthly love;
But what Gods could bear so lightly, press'd too hard on men beneath;
Slumber did his brother's duty — Sleep was deepen'd into Death

Slumber , Sleep — they were two brothers, servants to the Gods above;
Kind Prometheus lured them downwards, ever fill'd with earthly love;
But what Gods could bear so lightly, press'd too hard on men beneath;
Slumber did his brother's duty — Sleep was deepen'd into Death
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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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