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Tame Xenia 5: It matters not, I ween
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From God, Soul, and World
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It matters not, I ween,
Where worms our friends consume,
Beneath the turf so green,
Or 'neath a marble tomb.
Remember, ye who live,
Though frowns the fleeting day,
That to your friends ye give
What never will decay.
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MLA
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Tame Xenia 5: It matters not, I ween.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/275/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Tame Xenia 5: It matters not, I ween.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/275/.
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