Social Commentaries
My Only Property
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From Epigrams
Social Commentaries
I FEEL that I'm possess'd of nought,
Saving the free unfetterd thought
Which from my bosom seeks to flow,
And each propitious passing hour
That suffers me in all its power
A loving fate with truth to know.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “My Only Property.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/212/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “My Only Property.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/212/.
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