The First Elegy (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
Ovid's TristiaFreely RenderedGo, little book, make haste away,Go to the joyful victory seat.I go not with you, I must stay,For ...
Karl Heinrich Marx Poems on God (12 Poems)
Lucinda (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
A BalladLife seems wed to gaietyAs the dancers tread the measure.Each feels chosen speciallyFor the sacred vows to pleasure.Rosy cheeks ...
Siren Song (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
A BalladThe wave, soft murmuring,With the wind frolicking,Leaps up into the air.You see it tremble, hover,Tumble and topple over,It is ...
Human Pride (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
When these stately Halls I scanAnd the giant burden of these Houses,And the stormy pilgrimage of ManAnd the frenzied race ...
The Pale Maiden (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
A BalladThe maiden stands so pale,So silent, withdrawn,Her sweet angelic soulIs misery-torn.Therein can shine no ray,The waves tumble over;There, love ...
Pustkuchen (False Wandering Years) (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
Schiller, thinks he, had been less of a boreIf only he'd read the Bible more.One could have nothing but praise ...
On Hegel (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
Since I have found the Highest of things and the Depths of themalso, rude am I as a God, cloaked ...
Transformation (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
Mine eyes are so confused,My cheek it is so pale,My head is so bemused,A realm of fairy-tale.I wanted, boldly daring,Sea-going ...
The Last Judgement (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
A JestAh! that life of all the dead,Hallelujahs that I hear,Make my hair stand on my head,And my soul is ...
To Jenny (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
IJenny! Teasingly you may inquireWhy my songs "To Jenny" I address,When for you alone my pulse beats higher,When my songs ...
Harmony (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
Know you that magic image sweetWhen souls into each other go,And then in one soft breath outflow,Melodious, loving, mild, replete?They ...
Invocation Of One In Despair (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
So a god has snatched from me my allIn the curse and rack of Destiny.All his worlds are gone beyond ...