Social Commentaries
Poetic Aphorisms: The Restless Heart
From Translations
Social Commentaries
A millstone and the human heart are driven ever round;
If they have nothing else to grind, they must themselves be ground.
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Codex Note
Translated by Longfellow from Friedrich von Logau, German
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MLA
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. “Poetic Aphorisms: The Restless Heart.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/longfellow/377/.
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. “Poetic Aphorisms: The Restless Heart.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/longfellow/377/.
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