All 14 Uses of

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Faust -- translated by Brooks

And now I feel a long-unwonted yearning For that calm, pensive spirit-realm, to-day; Like an Aeolian lyre, (the breeze returning,) Floats in uncertain tones my lisping lay; Strange awe comes o'er me, tear on tear falls burning, The rigid heart to milder mood gives way!†
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I nothing and yet all possessed, Yearning for truth and in illusion blest.†
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Where art thou, Faust? whose voice rang through my ear, Whose mighty yearning drew me from my sphere?†
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Prophetically rang the bells with solemn pealing; A prayer was then the ecstasy of bliss; A blessed and mysterious yearning Drew me to roam through meadows, woods, and skies; And, midst a thousand tear-drops burning, I felt a world within me rise That strain, oh, how it speaks youth's gleesome plays and feelings, Joys of spring-festivals long past; Remembrance holds me now, with childhood's fond appealings, Back from the fatal step, the last.†
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Thence he launches, in sheer despite, Sleet and hail in impotent showers, O'er the green lawn as he takes his flight; But the sun will suffer no white, Everywhere waking the formative powers, Living colors he yearns to spread; Yet, as he finds it too early for flowers, Gayly dressed people he takes instead.†
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Reason once more bids passion ponder, Hope blooms again and smiles on man; Back to life's rills he yearns to wander, Ah! to the source where life began.†
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And yet for this want a supply is provided, To a higher than earth the soul is guided, We are ready and yearn for revelation: And where are its light and warmth so blent As here in the New Testament?†
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I feel, this moment, a mighty yearning To expound for once the ground text of all, The venerable original Into my own loved German honestly turning.†
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Graces, adorning Sons of the morning— Shadowy wavings— Float along over; Yearnings and cravings After them hover.†
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Up the high ridges Some of them clamber, Others are skimming Sky-lakes of amber, Others are swimming Over the ocean;— All are in motion, Life-ward all yearning, Longingly turning To the far-burning Star-light of bliss.†
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What am I then? if that for which my heart Yearns with invincible endeavor, The crown of man, must hang unreached forever?†
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And call this glow, within me burning, Infinite—endless—endless yearning, Is that a devilish lying game?†
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Definition:

(yearn)
have a strong desire -- often for something difficult or impossible to have