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 Love (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A BalladThe maiden stands so pale,So silent, withdrawn,Her sweet angelic soulIs misery-torn.Therein can shine no ray,The waves tumble over;There, love ...
The Abduction (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
A BalladThe Knight, he stands at the iron gate,The Maiden so sweet and fair looks out."Dear Knight, however can I ...
Creation (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
Creator Spirit uncreatedSails on fleet waves far away,Worlds heave, Lives are generated,His Eye spans Eternity.All inspiriting reigns his Countenance,In its ...
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 ...
Dream Vision (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
A DithyrambFrom my dreamings I would coaxSoft an image in scent-woven web;I would weave rings passing fairFrom the locks of ...
Nocturnal Love (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
Frantic, he holds her near,Darkly looks in her eye."Pain so burns you, Dear,And at my breath you sigh."Oh, you have ...
Sought (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
A song to JennyI rose, broke free of all that bound me;"Where would you go?" "A world I'd find me!""Are ...
Poetry (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
Flames Creator-like once pouredStreaming to me from your breast,Clashing up on high they soared,And I nursed them in my breast.Shone ...