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 ...
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 ...
DOROTHEA.As the man on a journey, who, just at the moment of sunset,Fixes his gaze once more on the rapidly ...
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 ...
'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, ...
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 ...
SCENE THE LAST.ANGELS.THE spirit-region's noble limbHath 'scaled the ...
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 ...
The morn arrived; his footstep quickly scaredThe gentle sleep that round my senses clung,And I, awak'ning, from my cottage fared,And ...
URN and sarcophagus erst were with life adorn'd by the heathenFauns are dancing around, while with the Bacchanal troopChequerd circles ...
MAHADEVA, Lord of earth For the sixth time comes below,As a man of mortal birth,— Like him, feeling joy and woe.Hither loves ...
YOUTH.AWAY, thou swarthy witch! Go forth From out my house, I tell thee!Or else I needs must, in my wrath, Expel thee!What's ...
A village Chorus is supposed to be assembled, and about tocommence its festive procession.[Written for the birthday of the Duchess ...
COUNT.I KNOW a flower of beauty rare,Ah, how I hold it dear!To seek it I would fain repair,Were I not ...
WHENCE comes our friend so hastily,When scarce the Eastern sky is grey?Hath he just ceased, though cold it be,In yonder ...
HE.CANST thou give, oh fair and matchless maiden,'Neath the shadow of the lindens yonder,—Where I'd fain one moment cease to ...
AFTER these vernal rainsThat we so warmly sought,Dear wife, see how our plainsWith blessings sweet are fraught!We cast our distant ...
LIKE the vultureWho on heavy morning cloudsWith gentle wing reposingLooks for his prey,—Hover, my song!For a God hathUnto each prescribedHis ...
YOUTH.SAY, sparkling streamlet, whither thou Art going!With joyous mien thy waters now Are flowing.Why seek the vale so hastily?Attend for once, and ...
FAIN had I to-day surprised my mistress,But soon found I that her door was fasten'd.Yet I had the key safe ...
VAINLY wouldst thou, to gain a heart,Heap up a maiden's lap with gold;The joys of love thou must impart,Wouldst thou ...
'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 ...
IN search of prey once raised his pinionsAn eaglet;A huntsman's arrow came, and reftHis right wing of all motive power.Headlong ...
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