GOD to his untaught children sent
Law, order, knowledge, art, from high,
And ev'ry heav'nly favour lent,
The world's hard lot to qualify.
They knew not how they should behave,
For all from Heav'n stark-naked came;
But Poetry their garments gave,
And then not one had cause for shame.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
''And then not one had cause for shame''.. but what are Poetry's garments..? :) Even Goethe's Ars Poetica doesn't give details.. ;)