Social Commentaries
Poetic Aphorisms: Retribution
From Translations
Social Commentaries
Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small;
Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.
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Codex Note
Translated by Longfellow from Friedrich von Logau, German
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. “Poetic Aphorisms: Retribution.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/longfellow/380/.
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. “Poetic Aphorisms: Retribution.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/longfellow/380/.
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