Book Of Suleika – These Tufted Branches (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
THESE tufted branches fairObserve, my loved one, well!And see the fruits they bearIn green and prickly shell!They've hung roll'd up, ...
THESE tufted branches fairObserve, my loved one, well!And see the fruits they bearIn green and prickly shell!They've hung roll'd up, ...
"Incense is hut a tribute for the gods,—To mortals 'tis but poison."THE smoke that from thine altar blows,Can it the ...
ONCE through the forestAlone I went;To seek for nothingMy thoughts were bent.I saw i' the shadowA flower stand thereAs stars ...
THE snow-flakes fall in showers,The time is absent still,When all Spring's beauteous flowers,When all Spring's beauteous flowersOur hearts with joy ...
WHEN I was still a youthful wight,So full of enjoyment and merry,The painters used to assert, in spite,That my features ...
HAFIS, straight to equal thee,One would strive in vain;Though a ship with majestyCleaves the foaming main,Feels its sails swell haughtilyAs ...
THROUGH rain, through snow,Through tempest go!'Mongst streaming caves,O'er misty waves,On, on! still on!Peace, rest have flown!Sooner through sadnessI'd wish to ...
WHEN in the dance of the Nymphs, in the moonlight so holy assembled,Mingle the Graces, down from Olympus in secret ...
WHEN the vine again is blowing,Then the wine moves in the cask;When the rose again is glowing, Wherefore should I feel ...
EARLY one day, the Muse, when eagerly bent on adornment,Follow'd a swift-running streamlet, the quietest nook by it seeking.Quickly and ...
WHEN by the broad stream thou dost dwell,Oft shallow is its sluggish flood;Then, when thy fields thou tendest well,It o'er ...
SONGS are like painted window-panes!In darkness wrapp'd the church remains,If from the market-place we view it;Thus sees the ignoramus through ...
Dornburg, 25th August, 1828.WILT thou suddenly enshroud thee,Who this moment wert so nigh?Heavy rising masses cloud thee,Thou art hidden from ...
DELOS' stately ruler, and Maia's son, the adroit one,Warmly were striving, for both sought the great prize to obtain.Hermes the ...
I HAD a fellow as my guest,Not knowing he was such a pest,And gave him just my usual fare;He ate ...
THIS page a chain to bring thee burns,That, train'd to suppleness of old,On thy fair neck to nestle, yearns,In many ...
'TIS easier far a wreath to bind,Than a good owner fort to find.——-I KILL'D a thousand flies overnight,Yet was waken'd ...
AND have I lost thee evermore?Hast thou, oh fair one, from me flown?Still in mine ear sounds, as of yore,Thine ...
In the Koran with strange delightA peacock's feather met my sight:Thou'rt welcome in this holy place,The highest prize on earth's ...
HERE in silence the lover fondly mused on his loved one;Gladly he spake to me thus: "Be thou my witness, ...
As at sunset I was strayingSilently the wood along,Damon on his flute was playing,And the rocks gave back the song,So ...
MY mistress, where sits she?What is it that charms?The absent she's rocking,Held fast in her arms.In pretty cage prison'dShe holds ...
LOVE is indeed a glorious prize!What fairer guerdon meets our eyes?—Though neither wealth nor power are thine,A very hero thou ...
WHEN the vine again is blowing,Then the wine moves in the cask;When the rose again is glowing,Wherefore should I feel ...
SHOULD these songs, love, as they fleet,Chance again to reach thy hand,At the piano take thy seat,Where thy friend was ...
THE LOVING ONE SPEAKS.AND wherefore sends notThe horseman-captainHis heralds hitherEach day, unfailing?Yet hath he horses,He writes well.He waiteth Tali,And Neski ...
TOGETHER at the altar weIn vision oft were seen by thee,Thyself as bride, as bridegroom I.Oft from thy mouth full ...
THE hero's noble shade stands highOn yonder turret grey;And as the ship is sailing by,He speeds it on his way."See ...
MIGHTY Brama, now I'll bless thee!'Tis from thee that worlds proceed!As my ruler I confess thee,For of all thou takest ...
BETWEEN wheatfield and corn,Between hedgerow and thorn,Between pasture and tree,Where's my sweetheartTell it me!Sweetheart caught INot at home;She's then, thought ...
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