In floods of life, in a storm of action
I roll up and down
Weave to and fro!
Birth and grave,
An eternal sea
An alternating weaving,
A glowing life
THAT’S HOW I MAKE THE RUNNING
LOOM OF TIME
AND WORK OF GODNESS
LIVING DRESS.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832)
Fist. The first part of the tragedy.