Friedrich Schiller: While the womanly god demands our veneration, the godlike woman kindles our love; but while we allow ourselves to melt i

While the womanly god demands our veneration, the godlike woman kindles our love — Friedrich Schiller

While the womanly god demands our veneration, the godlike woman kindles our love; but while we allow ourselves to melt in the celestial loveliness, the celestial self-sufficiency holds us back in awe.

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