Arts & Sciences
On the Divan
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From Miscellaneous Poems
Arts & Sciences
HE who knows himself and others
Here will also see,
That the East and West, like brothers,
Parted ne'er shall be.
Thoughtfully to float for ever
'Tween two worlds, be man's endeavour!
So between the East and West
To revolve, be my behest!
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MLA
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “On the Divan.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/180/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “On the Divan.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/180/.
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