Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Aug. 28, 1749 - Mar. 22, 1832

 

Exculpation

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Wilt thou dare to blame the woman for her seeming sudden changes,
Swaying east and swaying westward, as the breezes shake the tree?
Fool! thy selfish thought misguides thee -- find the man that never ranges;
Woman wavers but to seek him -- Is not then the fault in thee?

A.

Source:

Poems And Ballads Of Goethe
Copyright 1859
Translator:
William Edmondstoune Aytoun, D.C.L. ("A.")
and Theodore Martin ("M.")
Delisser & Procter
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