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 ...
THE AGE.WHEN the pastor ask'd the foreign magistrate questions,What the people had suffer'd, how long from their homes they had ...
CONCLUSION.O YE Muses, who gladly favour a love that is heartfelt,Who on his way the excellent youth have hitherto guided,Who ...
HERMANN.THEN when into the room the well-built son made his entry,Straightway with piercing glances the minister eyed him intently,And with ...
MOTHER AND SON.THUS the men discoursed together; and meanwhile the motherWent in search of her son,--at first in front of ...
THE COSMOPOLITE.BUT the Three, as before, were still sitting and talking together,With the landlord, the worthy divine, and also the ...
FARTHER and farther away, alas! at each moment the vesselHastens, as onward it glides, cleaving the foam-cover'd flood!Long is the ...
ONCE a stranger youth to Corinth came, Who in Athens lived, but hoped that heFrom a certain townsman there might claim, As ...
EARLY within his workshop here,On Sundays stands our master dear;His dirty apron he puts away,And wears a cleanly doublet to-day;Lets ...
THE BURGHERS.THUS did the prudent son escape from the hot conversation,But the father continued precisely as he had begun itWhat ...
When man had ceased to utter his lament, A god then let me tell my tale of sorrow.WHAT hope of once ...
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 ...
SPEAK, ye stones, I entreat! Oh speak, ye palaces lofty!Utter a word, oh ye streets! Wilt thou not, Genius, awake?All ...
THERE'S no menagerie, I vow,Excels my Lily's at this minute;She keeps the strangest creatures in it,And catches them, she knows ...
CHORUS.To the strand! quick, mount the bark!If no favouring zephyrs blow,Ply the oar and nimbly row,And with zeal your prowess ...
THE DAM BREAKS DOWN, THE ICE-PLAIN GROWLS,THE FLOODS ARISE, THE WATER HOWLS."I'll bear thee, mother, across the swell,'Tis not yet ...
MANY a guest I'd see to-day,Met to taste my dishes!Food in plenty is prepar'd,Birds, and game, and fishes.Invitations all have ...
MANY a day and night my bark stood ready laden;Waiting fav'ring winds, I sat with true friends round me,Pledging me ...
'MIDST the noise of merriment and glee,'Midst full many a sorrow, many a care,Charlotte, I remember, we remember thee,How, at ...
SAY, which ImmortalMerits the highest reward?With none contend I,But I will give itTo the aye-changing,Ever-movingWondrous daughter of Jove.His best-beloved offspring.Sweet ...
To be like a fish,Brisk and quick, is my wish;If thou cam'st with thy line.Thou wouldst soon make me thine.To ...
HASTEN thee, Kronos!On with clattering trotDownhill goeth thy path;Loathsome dizziness ever,When thou delayest, assails me.Quick, rattle along,Over stock and stone ...
THE MAIDEN.I'VE seen him before me!What rapture steals o'er me!Oh heavenly sight!He's coming to meet me;Perplex'd, I retreat me,With shame ...
HOPE provides wings to thought, and love to hope.Rise up to Cynthia, love, when night is clearest,And say, that as ...
WHY do I o'er my paper once more bend?Ask not too closely, dearest one, I prayFor, to speak truth, I've ...
DELOS' stately ruler, and Maia's son, the adroit one,Warmly were striving, for both sought the great prize to obtain.Hermes the ...
LIST, and in memory bearThese six fond loving pair.Love, when aroused, kept trueRustan and Rad!Strangers approach from farJoseph and Suleika;Love, ...
WHY do I o'er my paper once more bend? Ask not too closely, dearest one, I pray For, to speak ...
(* In the original, Schwager, which has the twofold meaning of brother-in-law and postilion.) HASTEN thee, ...
MANY a guest I'd see to-day, Met to taste my dishes! Food in plenty is prepar'd, Birds, and game, and ...
[This Cantata was written for Prince Frederick of Gotha, and set to music by Winter, the Prince singing the part ...
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