Living
The Brethren
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From Antiques
Living
SLUMBER and Sleep, two brethren ordain'd by the gods to their service,
Were by Prometheus implored, comfort to give to his race;
But though so light to the gods, too heavy for man was their burden,
We in their slumber find sleep, we in their sleep meet with death.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “The Brethren.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/280/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “The Brethren.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/280/.
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