English poem
Third Citizen
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)
Yes, Neighbor! that’s my notion, too: Why, let them break their heads, let loose their passions, And mix things madly through and through, So, here, we keep our good old fashions!
OLD WOMAN (to the Citizen’s Daughter)
Dear me, how fine! So handsome, and so young! Who wouldn’t lose his heart, that met you? Don’t be so proud! I’ll hold my tongue, And what you’d like I’ll undertake to get you.