Wednesday, September 15, 2021

 

The Old Books

Friedrich Schiller, William Tell, lines 1121-1122 (from Act II, Scene 2; tr. Sidney E. Kaplan):
Even if the old books are not at hand,
they are engraved in our hearts.

Sind auch die alten Bücher nicht zur Hand,
Sie sind in unsre Herzen eingeschrieben.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 4:14 AM


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