Margarete Münsterberg, ed., trans. A Harvest of German Verse. 1916.
By Dear Children, Soon Ill Come Again!Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (17491832)
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See, winter captures us in vain
Here in our rooms mid warmth and glee.
We’ll sit beside the fire these days,
Enjoy ourselves a thousand ways,
And love like angels, tenderly.
And little garlands let us wind,
And little nosegays let us bind,
Like little children let us be!