Social Commentaries
Should E'er the Loveless Day
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From Parables
Social Commentaries
SHOULD e'er the loveless day remain
Obscured by storms of hail and rain,
Thy charms thou showest never;
I tap at window, tap at door:
Come, lov'd one, come! appear once more!
Thou art as fair as ever!
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Should E'er the Loveless Day.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/234/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Should E'er the Loveless Day.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/234/.
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