< The Works of J. W. von Goethe < Volume 9
For works with similar titles, see The Brothers.
THE BROTHERS.
Slumber, Sleep—they were two brothers, servants to the Gods above:
Kind Prometheus lured them downwards, ever filled with earthly love;
But what Gods could bear so lightly, pressed too hard on men beneath.
Slumber did his brother's duty—Sleep was deepened into Death.
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