Who never ate his bread in sorrow, Who never spent the darksome hours …

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Who never ate his bread in sorrow, Who never spent the darksome hours Weeping, and watching for the morrow,- He knows you not, ye heavenly Powers. ✨ 'Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre' (1795-6) bk. 2, ch. 13 (translated by Carlyle)
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Who never ate his bread in sorrow, Who never spent the darksome hours Weeping, and watching for the morrow,- He knows you not, ye heavenly Powers. ✨ 'Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre' (1795-6) bk. 2, ch. 13 (translated by Carlyle)

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