Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems on Life (116 Poems)

Hermann And Dorothea – IX. Urania (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)

CONCLUSION. O YE Muses, who gladly favour a love that is heartfelt,Who on his way the excellent youth have hitherto guided,Who have press’d the maid to his bosom before their betrothal,Help still further to perfect the bonds of a couple … Continue reading →

Hermann And Dorothea – V. Polyhymnia (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)

THE COSMOPOLITE. BUT the Three, as before, were still sitting and talking together,With the landlord, the worthy divine, and also the druggist,And the conversation still concern’d the same subject,Which in every form they had long been discussing together.Full of noble … Continue reading →

Hermann And Dorothea – I. Kalliope (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)

FATE AND SYMPATHY. “NE’ER have I seen the market and streets so thoroughly empty!Still as the grave is the town, clear’d out! I verily fancyFifty at most of all our inhabitants still may be found there.People are so inquisitive! All … Continue reading →

Hermann And Dorothea – VII. Erato (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)

DOROTHEA. As the man on a journey, who, just at the moment of sunset,Fixes his gaze once more on the rapidly vanishing planet,Then on the side of the rocks and in the dark thicket still sees heHov’ring its image; wherever … Continue reading →

Alexis And Dora (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)

FARTHER and farther away, alas! at each moment the vessel Hastens, as onward it glides, cleaving the foam-cover’d flood!Long is the track plough’d up by the keel where dolphins are sporting, Following fast in its rear, while it seems flying … Continue reading →

Explanation Of An Ancient Woodcut (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)

EARLY within his workshop here,On Sundays stands our master dear;His dirty apron he puts away,And wears a cleanly doublet to-day;Lets wax’d thread, hammer, and pincers rest,And lays his awl within his chest;The seventh day he takes reposeFrom many pulls and … Continue reading →

Trilogy Of Passion 02 Elegy (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)

When man had ceased to utter his lament, A god then let me tell my tale of sorrow. WHAT hope of once more meeting is there nowIn the still-closed blossoms of this day?Both heaven and hell thrown open seest thou;What … Continue reading →

Hermann And Dorothea – VIII. Melpomene (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)

HERMANN AND DOROTHEA. So tow’rd the sun, now fast sinking to rest, the two walk’d together,Whilst he veil’d himself deep in clouds which thunder portended.Out-of his veil now here, now there, with fiery glancesBeaming over the plain with rays foreboding … Continue reading →

Roman Elegies (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)

SPEAK, ye stones, I entreat! Oh speak, ye palaces lofty! Utter a word, oh ye streets! Wilt thou not, Genius, awake?All that thy sacred walls, eternal Rome, hold within them Teemeth with life; but to me, all is still silent … Continue reading →

Dedication – The Poems Of Goeth (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)

The morn arrived; his footstep quickly scared The gentle sleep that round my senses clung,And I, awak’ning, from my cottage fared, And up the mountain side with light heart sprung;At every step I felt my gaze ensnared By new-born flow’rs … Continue reading →