Death & Dying
Apparent Death
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From Songs
Death & Dying
WEEP, maiden, weep here o'er the tomb of Love;
He died of nothing--by mere chance was slain.
But is he really dead?--oh, that I cannot prove:
A nothing, a mere chance, oft gives him life again.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Apparent Death.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/34/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Apparent Death.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/34/.
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