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 (48 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A BalladThe maiden stands so pale,So silent, withdrawn,Her sweet angelic soulIs misery-torn.Therein can shine no ray,The waves tumble over;There, love ...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 ...
Two Singers Accompanying Themselves On The Harp (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
A Ballad"What brings you to this Castle hereTo breathe Song's radiant aureole?Seek you a loving comrade dearFor whom in longing ...
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 ...
Distraught (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
A BalladAll decked with fineryShe stands, in purple dressed;A satin ribbon coyIs hidden in her breast.And playfully there glowSweet roses ...
Feelings (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
Never can I do in peaceThat with which my Soul's obsessed,Never take things at my ease;I must press on without ...
Dialogue With.. (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
A Singer stands in festive attire,Clasps to his bosom warm a lyre,And plucks the strings, enraptured."How play you my tunes, ...
My World (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
Worlds my longing cannot ever still,Nor yet Gods with magic blest;Higher than them all is my own Will,Stormily wakeful in ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Magic Harp (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
A BalladSo strangely in the ear it sings,Like thrilling harp, like trembling strings,It wakes the Minstrel sleeping."Why beats the heart ...
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 ...
The Song Of A Sailor At Sea (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
You may frolic and beat and rollRound my boat just as you will,You must carry me to my goal;For you ...
Man And Drum (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
A FableA Drum it is no Man, and a Man he is no Drum,The Drum is very clever, and the ...
The Fiddler (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
The Fiddler saws the strings,His light brown hair he tosses and flings.He carries a sabre at his side,He wears a ...
Flower King (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
A Fantastic Ballad"You in the sunshine, Mannikin,Will you be the Flower King?Ever runs your courage high,Tinge us with your blood's ...
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 ...
Song To The Stars (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
You dance round and aroundIn shimmering rays of light,Your soaring shapes aboundIn number infinite.Here breaks the noblest Soul,The full heart ...
The Awakening (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
When your beaming eye breaksEnraptured and trembling,Like straying string musicThat brooded, that slumbered,Bound to the lyre,Up through the veilOf holiest ...
The Madwoman (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
A BalladThere dances a woman by moonlight,She glimmers far into the night,Robe fluttering wild, eyes glittering clear,Like diamonds set in ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Little Old Man Of The Water (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
A BalladThe waters rush with an eerie sound,The waves are swirling round and round.They seem to feel no pain at ...
Epigrams (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
In its armchair, stupid and dumb,The German public watches it come.Hither and thither rumbles the storm,Heaven clouds over, more dark ...
Yearning (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
A Romance"Why sighs your breast, why glows your gaze,Why are your veins all burning,As if Night weighs, as if Fate ...