Living
Unwary saith,--ne'er lived a man more true
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From West-Eastern Divan
Living
UNWARY saith,--ne'er lived a man more true;
The deepest heart, the highest head he knew,--
"In ev'ry place and time thou'lt find availing
Uprightness, judgment, kindliness unfailing."
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Unwary saith,--ne'er lived a man more true.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/341/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Unwary saith,--ne'er lived a man more true.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/341/.
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