Love
LOVE's torments sought a place of rest
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From West-Eastern Divan
Love
LOVE's torments sought a place of rest,
Where all might drear and lonely be;
They found ere long my desert breast,
And nestled in its vacancy.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “LOVE's torments sought a place of rest.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/330/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “LOVE's torments sought a place of rest.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/330/.
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