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 ...
MOTHER AND SON.THUS the men discoursed together; and meanwhile the motherWent in search of her son,--at first in front of ...
FATE AND SYMPATHY."NE'ER have I seen the market and streets so thoroughly empty!Still as the grave is the town, clear'd ...
ONCE a stranger youth to Corinth came, Who in Athens lived, but hoped that heFrom a certain townsman there might claim, As ...
THE tale of the Count our glad song shall recordWho had in this castle his dwelling,Where now ye are feasting ...
LEADER.LET no cares now hover o'er usLet the wine unsparing run!Wilt thou swell our merry chorus?Hast thou all thy duty ...
I HAVE loved; for the first time with passion I rave!I then was the servant, but now am the slave; I ...
VANISH, dark clouds on high,Offspring of night!Let a more radiant beamThrough the blue ether gleam,Charming the sight!Would the dark clouds ...
HALLO there! A glass!Ha! the draught's truly sweet!If for drink go my shoes,I shall still have my feet.A maiden and ...
IN ev'ry hour of joyThat love and wine prolong,The moments we'll employTo carol forth this song!We're gathered in His name,Whose ...
ONCE I held a well-carved brimming goblet,—In my two hands tightly clasp'd I held it,Eagerly the sweet wine sipp'd I ...
IN my boyhood's days so drearI was kept confined;There I sat for many a year,All alone I pined,As within the ...
IF to her eyes' bright lustre I were blind,No longer would they serve my life to gild.The will of destiny ...
WHEN the vine again is blowing,Then the wine moves in the cask;When the rose again is glowing, Wherefore should I feel ...
I HAD a fellow as my guest,Not knowing he was such a pest,And gave him just my usual fare;He ate ...
WHEN the vine again is blowing,Then the wine moves in the cask;When the rose again is glowing,Wherefore should I feel ...
'Tis worth not a thought!Can the Koran a creation, then, be?Of that, I know nought!Yet that the book of all ...
I HAVE loved; for the first time with passion I rave! I then was the servant, but now am the ...
ONCE I held a well-carved brimming goblet,-- In my two hands tightly clasp'd I held it, Eagerly the sweet wine ...
IF to her eyes' bright lustre I were blind, No longer would they serve my life to gild. The will ...
LEADER. LET no cares now hover o'er us Let the wine unsparing run! Wilt thou swell our merry chorus? Hast ...
IN my boyhood's days so drear I was kept confined; There I sat for many a year, All alone I ...
WHEN the vine again is blowing, Then the wine moves in the cask; When the rose again is glowing, Wherefore ...
I HAD a fellow as my guest, Not knowing he was such a pest, And gave him just my usual ...
THE tale of the Count our glad song shall record Who had in this castle his dwelling, Where now ye ...
[Written and sung in honour of the birthday of the Pastor Ewald at the time of Goethe's happy connection with ...
MY trust in nothing now is placed, Hurrah! So in the world true joy I taste, Hurrah! Then he who ...
HALLO there! A glass! Ha! the draught's truly sweet! If for drink go my shoes, I shall still have my ...
[First published in Schiller's Horen, in connection with a friendly contest in the art of ballad-writing between the two great ...
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