Religion
Rhymed Distich 3: How? when? and where?--No answer comes from high
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From God, Soul, and World
Religion
HOW? when? and where?--No answer comes from high;
Thou wait'st for the Because, and yet thou ask'st not Why?
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MLA
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Rhymed Distich 3: How? when? and where?--No answer comes from high.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/257/.
Chicago
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Rhymed Distich 3: How? when? and where?--No answer comes from high.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/257/.
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