Friedrich von Schiller Poems on Sadness (70 Poems)

The Artists (Friedrich von Schiller Poems)

How gracefully, O man, with thy palm-bough,Upon the waning century standest thou, In proud and noble manhood’s prime,With unlocked senses, with a spirit freed,Of firmness mild,—though silent, rich in deed, The ripest son of Time,Through meekness great, through precepts strong,Through … Continue reading →

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 birth The bell that shall be born to-day!Who would honor obtain,With the sweat and the pain,The praise that man gives … Continue reading →

The Fight With The Dragon (Friedrich von Schiller Poems)

Why run the crowd? What means the throngThat rushes fast the streets along?Can Rhodes a prey to flames, then, be?In crowds they gather hastily,And, on his steed, a noble knightAmid the rabble, meets my sight;Behind him—prodigy unknown!—A monster fierce they’re … Continue reading →

The Walk (Friedrich von Schiller Poems)

Hail to thee, mountain beloved, with thy glittering purple-dyed summit! Hail to thee also, fair sun, looking so lovingly on! Thee, too, I hail, thou smiling plain, and ye murmuring lindens, Ay, and the chorus so glad, cradled … Continue reading →

The Cranes Of Ibycus (Friedrich von Schiller Poems)

Once to the song and chariot-fight,Where all the tribes of Greece uniteOn Corinth’s isthmus joyously,The god-loved Ibycus drew nigh.On him Apollo had bestowed The gift of song and strains inspired;So, with light staff, he took his road From Rhegium, by … Continue reading →

Ode To Joy — With Translation (Friedrich von Schiller Poems)

An die FreudeFreude, schoener Goetterfunken,Tochter aus Elysium,Wir betreten feuertrunken,Himmlische, dein Heiligtum.Deine Zauber binden wiederWas der Mode Schwert geteiltBettler werden FuerstenbruederWo dein sanfter Fluegel weilt.Chor us Seid umschlungen, Millionen!Diesen Kuss der ganzen Welt!Brueder – ueber’m SternenzeltMuss ein lieber Vater wohnen.Wem der … Continue reading →

The Driver (Friedrich von Schiller Poems)

What knight or what vassal will be so bold As to plunge in the gulf below?See! I hurl in its depths a goblet of gold, Already the waters over it flow.The man who can bring back the goblet to me,May … Continue reading →

The Eleusinian Festival (Friedrich von Schiller Poems)

Wreathe in a garland the corn’s golden ear! With it, the Cyane blue intertwineRapture must render each glance bright and clear, For the great queen is approaching her shrine,—She who compels lawless passions to cease, Who to link man with … Continue reading →

The Celebrated Woman – An Epistle By A Married Man (Friedrich von Schiller Poems)

Can I, my friend, with thee condole?— Can I conceive the woes that try men,When late repentance racks the soul Ensnared into the toils of hymen?Can I take part in such distress?—Poor martyr,—most devoutly, “Yes!”Thou weep’st because thy spouse has … Continue reading →

Parables And Riddles (Friedrich von Schiller Poems)

I. A bridge of pearls its form uprears High o’er a gray and misty sea; E’en in a moment it appears, And rises upwards giddily. Beneath its arch … Continue reading →