 | The Poetical Works of (Richard Monckton Milnes) Lord Houghton |  |
FROM GÖTHE.
Let me this gondola boat compare to the slumberous cradle,And to a spacious bier liken the cover demure;
Thus on the Great Canal through life we are swaying and swimming
Onward with never a care, coffin and cradle between.
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