Love

After-Sensations

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749–1832

Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From Songs

Love

WHEN the vine again is blowing,
Then the wine moves in the cask;
When the rose again is glowing,
Wherefore should I feel oppress'd?
Down my cheeks run tears all-burning,

If I do, or leave my task;
I but feel a speechless yearning,
That pervades my inmost breast.
But at length I see the reason,

When the question I would ask:
'Twas in such a beauteous season,
Doris glowed to make me blest!

MLA

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “After-Sensations.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/38/.

Chicago

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “After-Sensations.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/38/.

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