Love

Self-Deceit

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749–1832

Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From Songs

Love

My neighbour's curtain, well I see,
Is moving to and fin.
No doubt she's list'ning eagerly,
If I'm at home or no.
And if the jealous grudge I bore

And openly confess'd,
Is nourish'd by me as before,
Within my inmost breast.
Alas! no fancies such as these

E'er cross'd the dear child's thoughts.
I see 'tis but the ev'ning breeze
That with the curtain sports.

MLA

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Self-Deceit.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/14/.

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Self-Deceit.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/14/.

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