The First Elegy (Karl Heinrich Marx Poems)
Ovid's TristiaFreely RenderedGo, little book, make haste away,Go to the joyful victory seat.I go not with you, I must stay,For ...
Ovid's TristiaFreely RenderedGo, little book, make haste away,Go to the joyful victory seat.I go not with you, I must stay,For ...
A BalladLife seems wed to gaietyAs the dancers tread the measure.Each feels chosen speciallyFor the sacred vows to pleasure.Rosy cheeks ...
A BalladThe maiden stands so pale,So silent, withdrawn,Her sweet angelic soulIs misery-torn.Therein can shine no ray,The waves tumble over;There, love ...
Schiller, thinks he, had been less of a boreIf only he'd read the Bible more.One could have nothing but praise ...
Since I have found the Highest of things and the Depths of themalso, rude am I as a God, cloaked ...
A JestAh! that life of all the dead,Hallelujahs that I hear,Make my hair stand on my head,And my soul is ...
The Fiddler saws the strings,His light brown hair he tosses and flings.He carries a sabre at his side,He wears a ...
IJenny! Teasingly you may inquireWhy my songs "To Jenny" I address,When for you alone my pulse beats higher,When my songs ...
A BalladThe waters rush with an eerie sound,The waves are swirling round and round.They seem to feel no pain at ...
A RomanceWithout sails or lights there fleesA ship round the world without rest.The moon shines down on the seas,And weathered ...
Marble pillar towers high,Jagged summit saws the air,Putrefaction, life's decay,Boulders in the abyss down there.Grim the cliff that upward climbsClamps ...
A DithyrambSee overhead the cloud sails, lowering,Around its flanks roar eagle-wings.Stormwards it rushes, fire-sparks showering,Night thoughts from morning's realm it ...
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