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 ...
FARTHER and farther away, alas! at each moment the vesselHastens, as onward it glides, cleaving the foam-cover'd flood!Long is the ...
'NEATH the shadowOf these bushes,On the meadowWhere the cooling water gushes.Phoebus gave me, when a boy,All life's fullness to enjoy.So, ...
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 ...
WATER-FETCHING goes the nobleBrahmin's wife, so pure and lovely;He is honour'd, void of blemish.And of justice rigid, stern.Daily from the ...
URN and sarcophagus erst were with life adorn'd by the heathenFauns are dancing around, while with the Bacchanal troopChequerd circles ...
THOU art confused, my beloved, at, seeing the thousandfold unionShown in this flowery troop, over the garden dispers'd;any a name ...
COUNT.I KNOW a flower of beauty rare,Ah, how I hold it dear!To seek it I would fain repair,Were I not ...
OVER vale and torrent farRolls along the sun's bright car.Ah! he wakens in his courseMine, as thy deep-seated smartIn the ...
OH thou cruel deadly-lovely maiden,Tell me what great sin have I committed,That thou keep'st me to the rack thus fasten'd,That ...
"OH, would we were further! Oh, would we were home,The phantoms of night tow'rd us hastily come,The band of the ...
THERE stands on yonder high mountainA castle built of yore,Where once lurked horse and horsemanIn rear of gate and of ...
'MIDST the noise of merriment and glee,'Midst full many a sorrow, many a care,Charlotte, I remember, we remember thee,How, at ...
SHE behind yon mountain lives,Who my love's sweet guerdon gives.Tell me, mount, how this can be!Very glass thou seem'st to ...
Do I see a contest yonder?See I miracles or pastimes?Beauteous urchins, five in number,'Gainst five sisters fair contending,—Measured is the ...
THE mason's trade Observe them well,Resembles life, And watch them revealingWith all its strife,— How solemn feelingIs like the stir ...
WITHIN the chamber, far awayFrom the glad feast, sits Love in dreadLest guests disturb, in wanton play,The silence of the ...
Two words there 'are, both short, of beauty rare,Whose sounds our lips so often love to frame,But which with clearness ...
HERE in silence the lover fondly mused on his loved one;Gladly he spake to me thus: "Be thou my witness, ...
OH ye kindly nymphs, who dwell 'mongst the rocks and the thickets,Grant unto each whatsoe'er he may in silence desire!Comfort ...
SILENCE deep rules o'er the waters,Calmly slumb'ring lies the main,While the sailor views with troubleNought but one vast level plain.Not ...
CARELESSLY over the plain away,Where by the boldest man no pathCut before thee thou canst discern,Make for thyself a path!Silence, ...
HERE in silence the lover fondly mused on his loved one; Gladly he spake to me thus: "Be thou my ...
OH thou cruel deadly-lovely maiden, Tell me what great sin have I committed, That thou keep'st me to the rack ...
OH ye kindly nymphs, who dwell 'mongst the rocks and the thickets, Grant unto each whatsoe'er he may in silence ...
SHE behind yon mountain lives, Who my love's sweet guerdon gives. Tell me, mount, how this can be! Very glass ...
Do I see a contest yonder? See I miracles or pastimes? Beauteous urchins, five in number, 'Gainst five sisters fair ...
"OH, would we were further! Oh, would we were home, The phantoms of night tow'rd us hastily come, The band ...
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