The Poems of Goethe, Translated in the Original Metres Papyras Classics

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Chapter 39

Count

The pink in truth we should not slight,

It is the gardener's pride
It now must stand exposed to light,

Now in the shade abide.
Yet what can make the Count's heart glow
Is no mere pomp of outward show;

It is a silent flower.