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THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

She does not see, she does not feel, that she is preparing a poison which will destroy me and herself, and I sip to the bottom, with fullest enjoyment, the cup she hands me for my ruin.

Of what avail is the kind gaze with which she often...often?...no, not often, but sometimes looks at me, the complaisance with which she receives an involuntary expression of my emotion, the sympathy with my suffering that is delineated on her brow?

Yesterday, as I was departing, she held out her hand and said, “Adieu, dear Werther!” Dear Werther! It was the first time that she had called me “dear”, and it sent a shiver all through me. I have repeated it to myself a hundred times.

And last evening, as I was about to go to bed and was chatting about all sorts of things with myself, I said all at once, “Good night, dear Werther!” and afterwards I had to laugh at myself.

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from Broken Soldier: Live at the Valley Forge Remembrance Society's Summer Reading Events, released August 1, 2018

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Broken Soldier Portland, Oregon

Broken Soldier is a one-man band. A fictional duo featuring Jeff Betz and his nameless companion known only as The Soldier.

Together they create works of musical fiction that purport to be Live performances but which are in fact home recordings made in a small studio apartment in Portland, Oregon.

Jeff Betz: Vocals, Guitars and all other instruments and Field Recordings. ... more

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