Author : Edgar Alfred Bowring
Release : 2015-07-07
Genre : Poetry
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis The Poems of Goethe by : Edgar Alfred Bowring

Download or read book The Poems of Goethe written by Edgar Alfred Bowring. This book was released on 2015-07-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Poems of Goethe: Translated in the Original Metres My Dear Lady Granville, - The reluctance which must naturally be felt by any one in venturing to give to tho world a book such as the present, where the beauties of tho great original must inevitably be diminished, if not destroyed, in the process of passing through the translator's hands, cannot but be felt in all its force when that translator has not penetrated beyond the outer courts of the poetic fane, and can have no hope of advancing further, or of reaching its sanctuary. But it is to me a subject of peculiar satisfaction that your kind permission to have your name inscribed upon this page serves to attain a twofold end - one direct and personal, and relating to the present day; the other reflected and historical, and belonging to times long gone by Of the first little need now be said, for the privilege is wholly mine, in making this dedication: as to the second, one word of explanation will suffice for those who have made the greatest poet of Germany, almost of the world, their study, and to whom the story of his life is not unknown. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.