Living
O'er the Mediterranean sea
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From West-Eastern Divan
Living
O'ER the Mediterranean sea
Proudly hath the Orient sprung;
Who loves Hafis and knows him, he
Knows what Caldron hath sung.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “O'er the Mediterranean sea.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/353/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “O'er the Mediterranean sea.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/353/.
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