Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems (640 Poems)
Hermann And Dorothea – VI. Klio (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
THE AGE. WHEN the pastor ask’d the foreign magistrate questions,What the people had suffer’d, how long from their homes they had wander’d,Then the man replied:–”By no means short are our sorrows,For we have drunk the bitters of many a long … Continue reading
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 – 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 carefulness watch’d his looks and the whole of his bearing,With an inquiring eye which easily faces decyphers;Then he smiled, … Continue reading
Hermann And Dorothea – IV. Euterpe (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
MOTHER AND SON. THUS the men discoursed together; and meanwhile the motherWent in search of her son,–at first in front of the dwellingOn the bench of stone, for he was accustom’d to sit there.When she found him not there, she … 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
The Bride Of Corinth (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
ONCE a stranger youth to Corinth came, Who in Athens lived, but hoped that heFrom a certain townsman there might claim, As his father’s friend, kind courtesy. Son and daughter, they Had been wont to say Should thereafter bride and bridegroom be. But can … Continue reading
The German Parnassus (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
‘NEATH the shadow Of these bushes,On the meadow Where the cooling water gushes.Phoebus gave me, when a boy,All life’s fullness to enjoy.So, in silence, as the GodBade them with his sov’reign nod,Sacred Muses train’d my daysTo his praise.—With the bright … Continue reading
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