Living
The Unequal Marriage
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From Antiques
Living
EVEN this heavenly pair were unequally match'd when united:
Psyche grew older and wise, Amor remain'd still a child,
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “The Unequal Marriage.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/287/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “The Unequal Marriage.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/287/.
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