Hermann And Dorothea – II. Terpsichore (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
HERMANN.THEN when into the room the well-built son made his entry,Straightway with piercing glances the minister eyed him intently,And with ...
HERMANN.THEN when into the room the well-built son made his entry,Straightway with piercing glances the minister eyed him intently,And with ...
FATE AND SYMPATHY."NE'ER have I seen the market and streets so thoroughly empty!Still as the grave is the town, clear'd ...
FARTHER and farther away, alas! at each moment the vesselHastens, as onward it glides, cleaving the foam-cover'd flood!Long is the ...
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 ...
OH, enter old minstrel, thou time-honour'd one!We children are here in the hall all alone,The portals we straightway will bar.Our ...
THE tale of the Count our glad song shall recordWho had in this castle his dwelling,Where now ye are feasting ...
THE warder looks down at the mid hour of night,On the tombs that lie scatter'd below:The moon fills the place ...
O'ER me—how I cannot say,—Heav'nly rapture's growing.Will it help to guide my wayTo yon stars all-glowing?Yet that here I'd sooner ...
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 ...
ALL my weary days I pass'dSick at heart and poor in purse.Poverty's the greatest curse, Riches are the highest good!And to ...
WITH a bridegroom's joyous bearing,Mounts Sir Curt his noble beast,To his mistress' home repairing,There to hold his wedding feast;When a ...
CHRIST is arisen!Mortal, all hail!Thou, of Earth's prisonDreary and frail,Bursting the veil,Proudly hast risen!CHORUS OF WOMEN.Rich spices and myrrh,To embalm ...
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 ...
IF thou wouldst live unruffled by care,Let not the past torment thee e'er;If any loss thou hast to rue,Act as ...
OVER the meadows, and down the stream,And through the garden-walks straying,He plucks the flowers that fairest seem;His throbbing heart brooks ...
Or beasts there have been chosen fourTo come to Paradise,And there with saints for evermoreThey dwell in happy wise.Amongst them ...
IF thou wouldst live unruffled by care, Let not the past torment thee e'er; If any loss thou hast to ...
[Composed for the merry party already mentioned, on the occasion of the departure for France of the hereditary prince, who ...
ALL my weary days I pass'd Sick at heart and poor in purse. Poverty's the greatest curse, Riches are the ...
When man had ceased to utter his lament, A god then let me tell my tale of sorrow. WHAT hope ...
WITH a bridegroom's joyous bearing, Mounts Sir Curt his noble beast, To his mistress' home repairing, There to hold his ...
[Goethe began to write an opera called Lowenstuhl, founded upon the old tradition which forms the subject of this Ballad, ...
I feel no small reluctance in venturing to give to the public a work of the character of that indicated ...
SAY, which Immortal Merits the highest reward? With none contend I, But I will give it To the aye-changing, Ever-moving ...
THE warder looks down at the mid hour of night, On the tombs that lie scatter'd below: The moon fills ...
THE tale of the Count our glad song shall record Who had in this castle his dwelling, Where now ye ...
OVER the meadows, and down the stream, And through the garden-walks straying, He plucks the flowers that fairest seem; His ...
MY trust in nothing now is placed, Hurrah! So in the world true joy I taste, Hurrah! Then he who ...
THE MAIDEN. I'VE seen him before me! What rapture steals o'er me! Oh heavenly sight! He's coming to meet me; ...
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