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mailing list archive - Re: Juenger, wine and comets

Walter Hedderich wrote:
> 
> Talking about 1811 and wine, there is a little fragment poem by Goethe around
>  the 'West- oestliche Divan' about the "Eilfer" in ghazelic form (the rhyme
> of every second line is 'Eilfer'), praising the wine of this year from Rhine,
> Main and Neckar - not mentioning comets though. Interesting to hear it was a
> comet year. Which comet was it ?

Made a quick check in a list but could not find it. So what comet was
it ? Most interested and thanks W.H. for the nice Goethe reference.

Bertil Haggman
bertil.haggman@helsingborg.se



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