The Lay Of The Bell (Friedrich von Schiller Poems)
. Fast, in its prison-walls of earth, Awaits the mould of baked clay. Up, comrades, up, and aid the ...
. Fast, in its prison-walls of earth, Awaits the mould of baked clay. Up, comrades, up, and aid the ...
Hail to thee, mountain beloved, with thy glittering purple-dyed summit! Hail to thee also, fair sun, looking so lovingly ...
An die FreudeFreude, schoener Goetterfunken,Tochter aus Elysium,Wir betreten feuertrunken,Himmlische, dein Heiligtum.Deine Zauber binden wiederWas der Mode Schwert geteiltBettler werden FuerstenbruederWo ...
Can I, my friend, with thee condole?— Can I conceive the woes that try men,When late repentance racks the soul ...
. Mirth the halls of Troy was filling, Ere its lofty ramparts fell; From ...
Forever fair, forever calm and bright,Life flies on plumage, zephyr-light, For those who on the Olympian hill rejoice—Moons wane, and ...
The tyrant Dionys to seek, Stern Moerus with his poniard crept; The watchful guard upon him swept;The grim king marked ...
Joy, thou goddess, fair, immortal, Offspring of Elysium,Mad with rapture, to the portal Of thy holy fame we come!Fashion's laws, ...
Upon his battlements he stood,And downward gazed in joyous mood, On Samos' Isle, that owned his sway,"All this is ...
And wilt thou, faithless one, then, leave me, With all thy magic phantasy,—With all the thoughts that joy or grieve ...
Joy, thou beauteous godly lightning,Daughter of Elysium,Fire drunken we are ent'ringHeavenly, thy holy home!Thy enchantments bind together,What did custom stern ...
Do I believe, sayest thou, "what the masters of wisdom would teach me,And what their followers' band boldly and readily ...
Heavy and solemn,A cloudy column, Through the green plain they marching came!Measure less spread, like a table dread,For the ...
I, too, at length discerned great Hercules' energy mighty,— Saw his shade. He himself was not, alas, to be ...
Friend!—the Great Ruler, easily content, Needs not the laws it has laborious beenThe task of small professors to invent; A ...
. Yes, my friends!—that happier times have been Than the present, none can contravene; ...
Who would himself with shadows entertain,Or gild his life with lights that shine in vain,Or nurse false hopes that do ...
Beside the brook the boy reclined And wove his flowery wreath,And to the waves the wreath consigned— ...
Sweet friend, the world, like some fair infant blessed, Radiant with sportive grace, around thee plays;Yet 'tis not as depicted ...
Once for the sceptre of Germany, fought with Bavarian Louis Frederick, of Hapsburg descent, both being called ...
I Have sacrificed all, thou sayest, "that man I might succor; Vain the attempt; my reward was ...
Enraged against a quondam friend, To Wisdom once proud Fortune said"I'll give thee treasures without end, If thou wilt be ...
Prate not to me so much of suns and of nebulous bodies; Think ye Nature but great, in that ...
Wouldst thou, my friend, mount up to the highest summit of wisdom, Be not deterred by the ...
All that thou doest is right; but, friend, don't carry this precept On too far,—be content, all that is ...
How can I know the best state? In the way that thou know'st the best woman; ...
Thee would I choose as my teacher and friend. Thy living example Teaches me,—thy teaching word wakens ...
Dearly I love a friend; yet a foe I may turn to my profit; Friends show me that which ...
Tell me all that thou knowest, and I will thankfully hear it! But wouldst thou give me thyself,—let me, ...
Deeper and bolder truths be careful, my friends, of avowing; For as soon as ye do all the ...
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