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Venetian Epigram 8: Is' thou'rt in earnest, no longer delay, but render me happy
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From Venetian Epigrams
Living
Is' thou'rt in earnest, no longer delay, but render me happy;
Art thou in jest? Ah, sweet love! time for all jesting is past.
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MLA
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Venetian Epigram 8: Is' thou'rt in earnest, no longer delay, but render me happy.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/308/.
Chicago
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Venetian Epigram 8: Is' thou'rt in earnest, no longer delay, but render me happy.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/308/.
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