Living
If the ass that bore the Saviour
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From West-Eastern Divan
Living
IF the ass that bore the Saviour
Were to Mecca driven, he
Would not alter, but would be
Still an ass in his behavior.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “If the ass that bore the Saviour.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/354/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “If the ass that bore the Saviour.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/354/.
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