Nature
From the Mountain
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From Songs
Nature
IF I, dearest Lily, did not love thee,
How this prospect would enchant my sight!
And yet if I, Lily, did not love thee,
Could I find, or here, or there, delight?
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “From the Mountain.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/52/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “From the Mountain.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/52/.
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