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Zweierlei bitt ich von dir.--(Goed. 80.)
Appeared in Crü. Praxis, 1648, no. 240. Based on Proverbs, XXX, 7-9.
English Versions:
| 1. | Twofold, Father, is my pray'r, Twofold the desire I there Lay before Thee, who dost give What's good for us to receive; Grant the pray'r that Thou dost know, Ere my soul to Thee must go From the body's bands below. |
| J. Kelly, 1867, p. 107. | |
The rhyme of the German has offered great difficulties in the last three lines of each stanza. The translator's success in meeting this obstacle has been indifferent. Cf.:
| stanza 2 | stanza 3 | stanza 4 | stanza 5 | stanza 6 |
| poverty | mood | swell | artifice | graciously |
| may | good | well | practices | me |
| lay | bestowed | extol | is | be |
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