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<l n="1">Dichter die kommen sollen! Redner, S&#228;nger, Musiker, die <lb/>kommen sollen!</l>
<l n="2">Nicht das Heute soll mich rechtfertigen und Antwort geben, <lb/>wozu ich bin,</l>
<l n="3">Aber ihr, ein neues Geschlecht einheimisch, athletisch, festl&#228;ndisch, <lb/>gr&#246;&#223;er als vorher gekannt,</l>
<l n="4">Erwacht! Denn ihr m&#252;sst mich rechtfertigen.</l>
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<l n="5">Ich selbst schreibe nur ein oder zwei andeutende Vorworte f&#252;r <lb/>die Zukunft,</l>
<l n="6">Ich trete nur einen Augenblick hervor und wieder umzukehren <lb/>und in's Dunkel zur&#252;ckzueilen.</l>
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<l n="7">Ich bin ein Mann, der so hinschlendert, ohne ganz still zu <lb/>stehen, und einen zuf&#228;lligen Blick nach euch wirft und <lb/>dann sein Antlitz abwendet,</l>
    
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