Hermann And Dorothea – II. Terpsichore (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
HERMANN.THEN when into the room the well-built son made his entry,Straightway with piercing glances the minister eyed him intently,And with ...
HERMANN.THEN when into the room the well-built son made his entry,Straightway with piercing glances the minister eyed him intently,And with ...
MOTHER AND SON.THUS the men discoursed together; and meanwhile the motherWent in search of her son,--at first in front of ...
THE COSMOPOLITE.BUT the Three, as before, were still sitting and talking together,With the landlord, the worthy divine, and also the ...
FATE AND SYMPATHY."NE'ER have I seen the market and streets so thoroughly empty!Still as the grave is the town, clear'd ...
DOROTHEA.As the man on a journey, who, just at the moment of sunset,Fixes his gaze once more on the rapidly ...
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 ...
THE BURGHERS.THUS did the prudent son escape from the hot conversation,But the father continued precisely as he had begun itWhat ...
WANDERER.YOUNG woman, may God bless thee,Thee, and the sucking infantUpon thy breast!Let me, 'gainst this rocky wall,Neath the elm-tree's shadow,Lay ...
OH, enter old minstrel, thou time-honour'd one!We children are here in the hall all alone,The portals we straightway will bar.Our ...
MAHADEVA, Lord of earth For the sixth time comes below,As a man of mortal birth,— Like him, feeling joy and woe.Hither loves ...
CALL on the present day and night for nought,Save what by yesterday was brought.——-THE sea is flowing ever,The land retains ...
THE DAM BREAKS DOWN, THE ICE-PLAIN GROWLS,THE FLOODS ARISE, THE WATER HOWLS."I'll bear thee, mother, across the swell,'Tis not yet ...
THE warder looks down at the mid hour of night,On the tombs that lie scatter'd below:The moon fills the place ...
THE queen in the lofty hall takes her place,The tapers around her are flaming;She speaks to the page: "With a ...
ALL my weary days I pass'dSick at heart and poor in purse.Poverty's the greatest curse, Riches are the highest good!And to ...
HALLO there! A glass!Ha! the draught's truly sweet!If for drink go my shoes,I shall still have my feet.A maiden and ...
A BOY a pigeon once possess'd,In gay and brilliant plumage dress'd;He loved it well, and in boyish sportIts food to ...
WHY pacest thou, my neighbour fair,The garden all alone?If house and land thou seek'st to guard,I'd thee as mistress own.My ...
IF Venus in the evening skyIs seen in radiant majesty,If rod-like comets, red as blood,Are 'mongst the constellations view'd,Out springs ...
WHO trusts in God,Fears not His rod.——-THIS truth may be by all believed:Whom God deceives, is well deceived.——-HOW? when? and ...
ONE day a shameless and impudent wightWent into a shop full of steel wares bright,Arranged with art upon ev'ry shelf.He ...
I AM the bard known far and wide,The travell'd rat-catcher beside;A man most needful to this town,So glorious through its ...
A FEAST was in a village spread,—It was a wedding-day, they said.The parlour of the inn I found,And saw the ...
PALM Sunday at the VaticanThey celebrate with palms;With reverence bows each holy man,And chaunts the ancient psalms.Those very psalms are ...
I PICKED a rustic nosegay lately,And bore it homewards, musing greatly;When, heated by my hand, I foundThe heads all drooping ...
No door has my house,No house has my door;And in and out everI carry my store.No grate has my kitchen,No ...
In the Koran with strange delightA peacock's feather met my sight:Thou'rt welcome in this holy place,The highest prize on earth's ...
ALL kinds of men, both small and great,A fine-spun web delight to create,And in the middle they take their place,And ...
LOVE's torments sought a place of rest,Where all might drear and lonely be;They found ere long my desert breast,And nestled ...
ONE day a shameless and impudent wight Went into a shop full of steel wares bright, Arranged with art upon ...
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