Social Commentaries
Courage
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From Epigrams
Social Commentaries
CARELESSLY over the plain away,
Where by the boldest man no path
Cut before thee thou canst discern,
Make for thyself a path!
Silence, loved one, my heart!
Cracking, let it not break!
Breaking, break not with thee!
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MLA
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Courage.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/211/.
Chicago
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Courage.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/211/.
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