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The Sorrows of Young Werther
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July 8.
What a child is man that he should be so solicitous about a look! What a child is man! We had been to Walheim: the ladies went in a carriage; but during our walk I thought I saw in Charlotte’s dark eyes — I am a fool — but forgive me! you should see them, — those eyes. — However, to be brief (for my own eyes are weighed down with sleep), you must know, when the ladies stepped into their carriage again, young W. Seldstadt, Andran, and I were standing about the door. They are a merry set of fellows, and they were all laughing and joking together. I watched Charlotte’s eyes. They wandered from one to the other; but they did not light on me, on me, who stood there motionless, and who saw nothing but her! My heart bade her a thousand times adieu, but she noticed me not. The carriage drove off; and my eyes filled with tears. I looked after her: suddenly I saw Charlotte’s bonnet leaning out of the window, and she turned to look back, was it at me? My dear friend, I know not; and in this uncertainty I find consolation. Perhaps she turned to look at me. Perhaps! Good-night — what a child I am!
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Chicago: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "July 8.," The Sorrows of Young Werther, ed. Nathen Haskell Dole and trans. Boylan, R. Dillon, and Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 in The Sorrows of Young Werther (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1921), Original Sources, accessed October 10, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KS2T12QN1CFI7BB.
MLA: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. "July 8." The Sorrows of Young Werther, edited by Nathen Haskell Dole, and translated by Boylan, R. Dillon, and Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881, in The Sorrows of Young Werther, New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1921, Original Sources. 10 Oct. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KS2T12QN1CFI7BB.
Harvard: Goethe, JW, 'July 8.' in The Sorrows of Young Werther, ed. and trans. . cited in 1921, The Sorrows of Young Werther, Henry Holt and Company, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 10 October 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KS2T12QN1CFI7BB.
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