The Poems of Goethe Translated in the Original Metres

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Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Rules for Monarchs.

IF men are never their thoughts to employ,
Take care to provide them a life full of joy;
But if to some profit and use thou wouldst bend them,
Take care to shear them, and then defend them.

1815.*
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Chicago: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "Rules for Monarchs.," The Poems of Goethe Translated in the Original Metres, ed. Eliot, Charles W. and trans. Bowring, Edgar Alfred, 1826-1911 in The Poems of Goethe Translated in the Original Metres (New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1874), Original Sources, accessed April 23, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8EUUTUQ6YI63PG3.

MLA: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. "Rules for Monarchs." The Poems of Goethe Translated in the Original Metres, edited by Eliot, Charles W., and translated by Bowring, Edgar Alfred, 1826-1911, in The Poems of Goethe Translated in the Original Metres, Vol. 3, New York, P. F. Collier & Son, 1874, Original Sources. 23 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8EUUTUQ6YI63PG3.

Harvard: Goethe, JW, 'Rules for Monarchs.' in The Poems of Goethe Translated in the Original Metres, ed. and trans. . cited in 1874, The Poems of Goethe Translated in the Original Metres, P. F. Collier & Son, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 23 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8EUUTUQ6YI63PG3.