Laudator Temporis Acti: Gone

Gone

Goethe, Faust, Part II, lines 11336-11337 (tr. David Luke):

Something lovely to behold
Has vanished like an old tale told.

Was sich sonst dem Blick empfohlen,
Mit Jahrhunderten ist hin.

Literally:

That which once recommended itself to the gaze
With the centuries is gone.

Calvin Thomas glosses mit Jahrhunderten as Jahrhunderte lang, in which case mit Jahrhunderten ist hin = has been gone for centuries.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 8:29 AM

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