The Brothers
By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Slumber, Sleep -- they were two brothers, servants to the Gods above;
Kind Prometheus lur'd them downwards, ever fill'd with earthly love;
But what Gods could bear so lightly, press'd too hard on men beneath;
Slumber did his brother's duty -- Sleep was deepen'd into Death.
A.
Source Book
Poems And Ballads Of Goethe
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Translated by
William Edmondstoune Aytoun, D.C.L. ("A.")
and Theodore Martin ("M.")
Copyright 1859
Published by Delisser & Procter
508 Broadway, New York
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