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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Watson Kirkconnell

Wanderer’s evensong

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4695283European Elegies — Wanderer’s evensongWatson KirkconnellJohann Wolfgang von Goethe

93.WANDERER'S EVENSONG

Over all peaks slow peaceDescends;In every branch the breezeNow endsIts sighing sweep.The birds in the wildwood are sleeping.Cease, heart, thy weeping!—Thou, too shalt sleep.

From the German of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.