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Venetian Epigram 9: Art thou, then, vex'd at my silence? What shall I speak of? Thou markest
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From Venetian Epigrams
ART thou, then, vex'd at my silence? What shall I speak of? Thou markest
Neither my sorrowful sigh, nor my soft eloquent look.
Only one goddess is able the seal of my lips to unloosen,--
When by Aurora I'm found, slumbering calm on thy breast.
Ah, then my hymn in the ears of the earliest gods shall be chaunted,
As the Memnonian form breath'd forth sweet secrets in song.
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MLA
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Venetian Epigram 9: Art thou, then, vex'd at my silence? What shall I speak of? Thou markest.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/309/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Venetian Epigram 9: Art thou, then, vex'd at my silence? What shall I speak of? Thou markest.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/309/.
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