Social Commentaries
The Mountain Village
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From Parables
Social Commentaries
"THE mountain village was destroy'd;
But see how soon is fill'd the void!
Shingles and boards, as by magic arise,
The babe in his cradle and swaddling-clothes lies;
How blest to trust to God's protection!"
Behold a wooden new erection,
So that, if sparks and wind but choose,
God's self at such a game must lose!
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “The Mountain Village.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/245/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “The Mountain Village.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/245/.
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