Erotica Romana · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
XVIII
Worse than anything else. Bellowing dogs split my ears. Nevertheless I do like to hear, and take pleasure in listening To the loud howl of the dog raised from a pup next door. That is the dog that so bayed one time at my girl that he almost Gave our secret away (when she was visiting me). Now, when I hear the dog barking I think my beloved is coming-- Or I remember the time, when long awaited she came.
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