The Mountain Village (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
"THE mountain village was destroy'd;But see how soon is fill'd the void!Shingles and boards, as by magic arise,The babe in ...
"THE mountain village was destroy'd;But see how soon is fill'd the void!Shingles and boards, as by magic arise,The babe in ...
LOVE for love, and moments sweet,Lips returning kiss for kiss,Word for word, and eyes that meet;Breath for breath, and bliss ...
AH! who'll e'er those days restore,Those bright days of early loveWho'll one hour again concede,Of that time so fondly cherish'd!Silently ...
SEEST thou yon smiling Orange?Upon the tree still hangs it;Already March bath vanish'd,And new-born flow'rs are shooting.I draw nigh to ...
GOD to his untaught children sentLaw, order, knowledge, art, from high,And ev'ry heav'nly favour lent,The world's hard lot to qualify.They ...
FLOW on, ye lays so loved, so fair,On to Oblivion's ocean flow!May no rapt boy recall you e'er,No maiden in ...
I ONCE into a forest farMy maiden went to seek,And fell upon her neck, when: "Ah!"She threaten'd, "I will shriek!"Then ...
FAR explore the mountain hollow,High in air the clouds then follow!To each brook and vale the MuseThousand times her call ...
OUR rides in all directions bend,For business or for pleasure,Yet yelpings on our steps attend,And barkings without measure.The dog that ...
SILENCE deep rules o'er the waters,Calmly slumb'ring lies the main,While the sailor views with troubleNought but one vast level plain.Not ...
A PLAN the Muses entertain'dMethodically to impartTo Psyche the poetic art;Prosaic-pure her soul remain'd.No wondrous sounds escaped her lyreE'en in ...
ALL kinds of men, both small and great,A fine-spun web delight to create,And in the middle they take their place,And ...
BULBUL'S song, through night hours cold,Rose to Allah's throne on high;To reward her melody,Giveth he a cage of gold.Such a ...
HARD 'tis on a fox's tracesTo arrive, midst forest-glades;Hopeless utterly the chase is,If his flight the huntsman aids.And so 'tis ...
O, SAY, 'neath what celestial signThe day doth lie,When ne'er again this heart of mineAway will fly?And e'en though fled ...
HE who knows himself and othersHere will also see,That the East and West, like brothers,Parted ne'er shall be.Thoughtfully to float ...
WEEP ye not, ye children dear,That as yet ye are unborn:For each sorrow and each tearMakes the father's heart to ...
THOU who comest from on high,Who all woes and sorrows stillest,Who, for twofold misery,Hearts with twofold balsam fillest,Would this constant ...
SLUMBER and Sleep, two brethren ordain'd by the gods to their service,Were by Prometheus implored, comfort to give to his ...
THUS roll I, never taking ease,My tub, like Saint Diogenes,Now serious am, now seek to please;Now love and hate in ...
OH thou sweet maiden fair,Thou with the raven hair,Why to the window go?While gazing down below,Art standing vainly there?Oh, if ...
THE mist is fast clearing.And radiant is heaven,Whilst AEolus loosensOur anguish-fraught bond.The zephyrs are sighing,Alert is the sailor.Quick! nimbly be ...
WOULDST thou the blossoms of spring, as well as the fruits of the autumn,Wouldst thou what charms and delights, wouldst ...
EROS, what mean'st thou by this? In each of thine hands is an hourglass!What, oh thou frivolous god! twofold thy ...
SMOOTHLY and lightly the golden seed by the furrow is cover'd;Yet will a deeper one, friend, cover thy bones at ...
HA, I am the lord of earth! The noble,Who're in my service, love me.Ha, I am the lord of earth! ...
I KNOW not, wherefore, dearest love,Thou often art so strange and coyWhen 'mongst man's busy haunts we move,Thy coldness puts ...
OLD age is courteous—no one more:For time after time he knocks at the door,But nobody says, "Walk in, sir, pray!"Yet ...
NEVER dry, never dry, Tears that eternal love sheddeth!How dreary, how dead doth the world still appear,When only half-dried on the ...
SOUND, sweet song, from some far land,Sighing softly close at hand,Now of joy, and now of woe!Stars are wont to ...
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