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FRAGMENTS
FROM THE
IPHIGENIA OF GOETHE.
I.
JOY OF PYLADES ON HEARING HIS NATIVE LANGUAGE.
Oh sweetest voice! Oh blest familiar sound
Of mother-words heard in the stranger's land!
I see the blue hills of my native shore,
The far blue hills again! those cordial tones
Before the captive bid them freshly rise
For ever welcome! Oh by this deep joy,
Know the true son of Greece!
