swanlike
English
Quotations
- 1886, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, Act III, translated by John Anster, p. 174
- Ah ! That to us it may not also be,
- Instead of promised rescue,
- Augury but of Ruin,
- -To us, to us, the swanlike [translating Schwangleichen],
- With long white necks, beautiful as the swan !-
- Ruin to Us and Her, our Queen and Mistress,
- The Daughter of the Swan !
Translations
similar to a swan
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