Living
Why these inquiries make
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From West-Eastern Divan
Living
WHY these inquiries make,
Where charity may flow?
Cast in the flood thy cake,--
Its eater, who will know?
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Why these inquiries make.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/346/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Why these inquiries make.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/346/.
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