Social Commentaries
The Prosperous Voyage
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From Epigrams
Social Commentaries
THE mist is fast clearing.
And radiant is heaven,
Whilst AEolus loosens
Our anguish-fraught bond.
The zephyrs are sighing,
Alert is the sailor.
Quick! nimbly be plying!
The billows are riven,
The distance approaches;
I see land beyond!
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MLA
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “The Prosperous Voyage.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/210/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “The Prosperous Voyage.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/210/.
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