Nature
From the German: Know'st thou the land where the pale citrons grow
From Complete Poetical Works, ed. E. H. Coleridge (1912)
Know'st thou the land where the pale citrons grow,
The golden fruits in darker foliage glow?
Soft blows the wind that breathes from that blue sky!
Still stands the myrtle and the laurel high!
Know'st thou it well, that land, beloved Friend?
Thither with thee, O, thither would I wend!
Codex Note
Translated by Coleridge from Goethe (Mignon's Song, Wilhelm Meister). ? 1799
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “From the German: Know'st thou the land where the pale citrons grow.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/214/.
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “From the German: Know'st thou the land where the pale citrons grow.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/214/.
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