“Mother:
Children and sorrow come together. First
Are sleepless nights, and cradle watchings — next
Your age is vexed with maiden fantasies,
And your girl's lover costeth you more care
Than ever did your own. It is not well!”

The London Literary Gazette (7th February 1835)
Translations, From the German

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English poet and novelist 1802–1838

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