Book 2 / Act 5 — VERSES WRITTEN IN THE ALBUM OF A FRIEND.
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(HERR VON MECHELN OF BASLE.)
Nature in charms is exhaustless, in beauty ever reviving; And, like Nature, fair art is inexhaustible too. Hail, thou honored old man! for both in thy heart thou preservest Living sensations, and thus ne'er-ending youth is thy lot!