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176: Was alle, Weisheit in der Welt.

Was alle, Weisheit in der Welt.--(Goed. 176.)

[ Sunday.]

Appeared in Crü. Praxis: 1653, no. 206, 1656, no. 212, in 8 stanzas of 9 lines; in Wackernagel: no. 1; Bachmann: no. 59; Berlin G. L. S.: 1863, no. 50.

English Versions:

1. Scarce Tongue can speak, ne'er human ken.

A translation in full, by J. Kelly, 1867, p. 1.

2. The mystery hidden from the eyes.

R. Massie, in his Lyra Domestica, 1864, p. 87.