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Nelly Sachs: You, the inexperienced,...

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You, the inexperienced, who learn nothing in the nights.
Many angels are given you
But you do not see them.

Source: Chorus of Clouds, The Seeker and Other Poems, 1970.
-- Nelly Sachs, (Dec 10 1891-1970), German poet, dramatist; She was transformed by the Nazi experience from dilettante into poignant spokesman for the grief of fellow Jews; won Nobel Prize for Literature, 1966.


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