Living
Excuse
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From Antiques
Living
THOU dost complain of woman for changing from one to another?
Censure her not: for she seeks one who will constant remain.
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MLA
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Excuse.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/288/.
Chicago
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Excuse.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/288/.
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