Time & Brevity
Measure of Time
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From Antiques
Time & Brevity
EROS, what mean'st thou by this? In each of thine hands is an hourglass!
What, oh thou frivolous god! twofold thy measure of time?
"Slowly run from the one, the hours of lovers when parted;
While through the other they rush swiftly, as soon as they meet."
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Measure of Time.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/281/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Measure of Time.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/281/.
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