Living
When the heavy-laden sigh
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From West-Eastern Divan
Living
WHEN the heavy-laden sigh,
Deeming help and hope gone by,
Oft, with healing power is heard,
Comfort-fraught, a kindly word.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “When the heavy-laden sigh.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/339/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “When the heavy-laden sigh.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/339/.
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