Social Commentaries
The Yelpers
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From Parables
Social Commentaries
OUR rides in all directions bend,
For business or for pleasure,
Yet yelpings on our steps attend,
And barkings without measure.
The dog that in our stable dwells,
After our heels is striding,
And all the while his noisy yells
But show that we are riding.
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MLA
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “The Yelpers.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/227/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “The Yelpers.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/227/.
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