Social Commentaries
Proverb 2: I kill'd a thousand flies overnight
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From God, Soul, and World
Social Commentaries
I KILL'D a thousand flies overnight,
Yet was waken'd by one, as soon as twas light.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Proverb 2: I kill'd a thousand flies overnight.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/267/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Proverb 2: I kill'd a thousand flies overnight.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/267/.
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