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Born in 1898 / Died in 1956 / Germany / German

Poems by Bertolt Brecht

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How Fortunate The Man With None

... It's courage that had brought him to that state ...

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My young son asks me...

... Of bread are more than one's about all you'll end up with ...

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The Mask Of Evil

... The mask of an evil demon, decorated with gold lacquer ...

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To Posterity

... For we went,changing our country more often than our shoes ...

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What Has Happened?

... about tithes. The generals are putting on civvies and looking like bank clerks ...

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O Germany, Pale Mother!

... That was invented in your house!Whereupon everyone sees you ...

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To Those Born After

... Oh we, who wished to lay for the foundations for peace and friendliness, ...

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Alabama Song

... For if we don't find the next little dollar ...

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On The Critical Attitude

... But what in this case is an unfruitful attitude ...

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Contemplating Hell

... With great leaps of fruit, which nonethelessPossess neither scent nor taste ...

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Radio Poem

... The last thing at night, the first thing in the morning, ...

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The Solution

... Had forfeited the confidence of the government ...

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Mack The Knife

... Fancy gloves, though, wears Macheath, dear ...

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Questions From A Worker Who Reads

... Where, the evening that the Wall of China was finnished ...

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Not What Was Meant

... Are more welcome to the arts than the art loverWho is also a lover of the art of war ...