Friedrich von Schiller Poems (312 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 Count Of Hapsburg (Friedrich von Schiller Poems)
. At Aix-la-Chapelle, in imperial array, In its halls renowned in old story, At the coronation banquet so gay King Rudolf was sitting in glory. The meats were served … 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
Fridolin (The Walk To The Iron Factory) (Friedrich von Schiller Poems)
A gentle was Fridolin, And he his mistress dear,Savern’s fair Countess, honored in All truth and godly fear.She was so meek, and, ah! so good!Yet each wish of her wayward mood,He would have studied to fulfil,To please his God, with … Continue reading
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