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 ...
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems on Emotions (36 Poems)
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The German Parnassus (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
'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 – VIII. Melpomene (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
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 ...
The Metamorphosi (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
THOU art confused, my beloved, at, seeing the thousandfold unionShown in this flowery troop, over the garden dispers'd;any a name ...
The God And The Bayadere – An Indian Legend (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
MAHADEVA, Lord of earth For the sixth time comes below,As a man of mortal birth,— Like him, feeling joy and woe.Hither loves ...
Idyll (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
A village Chorus is supposed to be assembled, and about tocommence its festive procession.[Written for the birthday of the Duchess ...
Book Of the Parsees – The Bequest Of The Ancient Persian Faith (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
BRETHREN, what bequest to you should comeFrom the lowly poor man, going home,Whom ye younger ones with patience tended,Whose last ...
To Mignon (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
OVER vale and torrent farRolls along the sun's bright car.Ah! he wakens in his courseMine, as thy deep-seated smartIn the ...
Morning Lament (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
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 ...
The Visit (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
FAIN had I to-day surprised my mistress,But soon found I that her door was fasten'd.Yet I had the key safe ...
The Mountain Castle (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
THERE stands on yonder high mountainA castle built of yore,Where once lurked horse and horsemanIn rear of gate and of ...
Lines On Seeing Schiller’s Skull (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
WITHIN a gloomy charnel-house one dayI view'd the countless skulls, so strangely mated,And of old times I thought, that now ...
From Faust – I. Dedication (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
YE shadowy forms, again ye're drawing near,So wont of yore to meet my troubled gaze!Were it in vain to seek ...
A Symbol (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
THE mason's trade Observe them well,Resembles life, And watch them revealingWith all its strife,— How solemn feelingIs like the stir ...
From Faust – VI. Scene–A Garden (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
Margaret. Faust.MARGARET.DOST thou believe in God?FAUST. Doth mortal liveWho dares to say that he believes in God?Go, bid the priest a ...
To My Friend – Ode III (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
BE void of feeling!A heart that soon is stirr'd,Is a possession sadUpon this changing earth.Behrisch, let spring's sweet smileNever gladden ...
New Love, New Life (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
HEART! my heart! what means this feeling?What oppresseth thee so sore?What strange life is o'er me stealing!I acknowledge thee no ...
Night Song (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
WHEN on thy pillow lying,Half listen, I implore,And at my lute's soft sighing,Sleep on! what wouldst thou more?For at my ...
MORNING LAMENT. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poem)
OH thou cruel deadly-lovely maiden, Tell me what great sin have I committed, That thou keep'st me to the rack ...
THE GOD AND THE BAYADERE. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poem)
AN INDIAN LEGEND. (MAHADEVA is one of the numerous ...
LINES ON SEEING SCHILLER’S SKULL. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
WITHIN a gloomy charnel-house ...
THE GERMAN PARNASSUS. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poem)
in the wares before you spread, Types of all things may be read. 'NEATH the shadow Of these bushes, On ...
THE VISIT. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poem)
FAIN had I to-day surprised my mistress, But soon found I that her door was fasten'd. Yet I had the ...
ORIGINAL PREFACE. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poem)
I feel no small reluctance in venturing to give to the public a work of the character of that indicated ...
THE MOUNTAIN CASTLE. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poem)
THERE stands on yonder high mountain A castle built of yore, Where once lurked horse and horseman In rear of ...