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224: Ich habs verdient. Was will ich doch.

Ich habs verdient. Was will ich doch.--(Goed. 224.)

Appeared in the Crü. Praxis, 1656, 817, no. 374.

English Version:

This is one of the least adaptable poems of Gerhardt and it is evident that the translator has struggled with the many difficulties of metre and frequent rhyme.