Religion
God is of the east possess'd
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From West-Eastern Divan
Religion
GOD is of the east possess'd,
God is ruler of the west;
North and south alike, each land
Rests within His gentle hand.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “God is of the east possess'd.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/320/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “God is of the east possess'd.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/320/.
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