Living
Motley this congregation is, for, lo!
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From West-Eastern Divan
Living
MOTLEY this congregation is, for, lo!
At the communion kneel both friend and foe.
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MLA
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Motley this congregation is, for, lo!” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/348/.
Chicago
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Motley this congregation is, for, lo!” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/348/.
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