Social Commentaries
Proverb 3: To the mother I give
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From God, Soul, and World
Social Commentaries
To the mother I give;
For the daughter I live.
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MLA
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Proverb 3: To the mother I give.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/268/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Proverb 3: To the mother I give.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/268/.
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