Living
Bless, thou dread Creator
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From West-Eastern Divan
Living
BLESS, thou dread Creator,
Bless this humble fane;
Man may build them greater,--
More they'll not contain.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Bless, thou dread Creator.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/351/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Bless, thou dread Creator.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/351/.
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