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Found (1813)
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by E. A. Bowring

Found, written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1813, was translated from the original German Gefunden by E.A. Bowring in 1813.


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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe38005Found1813E. A. Bowring


Once through the forest
Alone I went;
To seek for nothing
My thoughts were bent.


I saw i' the shadow
A flower stand there
As stars it glisten'd,
As eyes 'twas fair.


I sought to pluck it,—
It gently said:
"Shall I be gather'd
Only to fade?"


With all its roots
I dug it with care,
And took it home
To my garden fair.


In silent corner
Soon it was set;
There grows it ever,
There blooms it yet.

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This work was published before January 1, 1931, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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