Social Commentaries
Tame Xenia 1: God gave to mortals birth
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From God, Soul, and World
Social Commentaries
GOD gave to mortals birth,
In his own image too;
Then came Himself to earth,
A mortal kind and true.
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MLA
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Tame Xenia 1: God gave to mortals birth.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/271/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Tame Xenia 1: God gave to mortals birth.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/271/.
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