Religion
Rhymed Distich 4: If the whole is ever to gladden thee
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From God, Soul, and World
Religion
IF the whole is ever to gladden thee,
That whole in the smallest thing thou must see.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Rhymed Distich 4: If the whole is ever to gladden thee.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/258/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Rhymed Distich 4: If the whole is ever to gladden thee.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/258/.
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