The Poems of Goethe Translated in the Original Metres

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Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Bulbul’s Song

BULBUL’S song, through night hours cold,

Rose to Allah’s throne on high;

To reward her melody,
Giveth he a cage of gold.
Such a cage are limbs of men,—

Though at first she feels confin’d,

Yet when all she brings to mind,
Straight the spirit sings again.

1819.*
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Chicago: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "Bulbul’s Song," 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 March 29, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LHF2FVWVIQQF7GE.

MLA: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. "Bulbul’s Song." 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. 29 Mar. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LHF2FVWVIQQF7GE.

Harvard: Goethe, JW, 'Bulbul’s Song' 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 29 March 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LHF2FVWVIQQF7GE.