Poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Original Preface.
... In addition to the beauty of the language in which the Poet has given utterance ...
Love As A Landscape Painter.
... All like carbuncles and emeralds seeming!Bright and clear he added then the heavens, ...
Christel.
... l so ill,I feel so weak, so strong!Would that such moments ne'er would end!The day ne'er long I find ...
First Loss.
... AH! who'll e'er those days restore,Those bright days of early love ...
The Spinner.
... Then I bear the thread at lengthThrough the heat, to bleach ...
Cat-pie.
... So, gun in hand, he sought a spotWhere stores of game were breeding, ...
The Critic.
... 'Tis a critic, I vow! Let the dog be struck dead! 1776 ...
To A Golden Heart That He Wore Round His Neck.
... ever fallSo soon away from me!As when a bird bath broken from his thrall,And seeks the forest green, ...
Threatening Signs.
... The Judgment Day has come, I fear!"His neighbour answered: "Friend, you're right! ...
Such, Such Is He Who Pleaseth Me.
... his heart bold too,In his soft arms, strength, protection, dwellsAnd his face with noble pity swells ...
The Beauteous Flower.
... COUNT.The pink in truth we should not slight,It is the gardener's pride ...
After-sensations.
... 'Twas in such a beauteous season,Doris glowed to make me blest!1797 ...
To Originals.
... A FELLOW says: "I own no school or college ...
Ballad Of The Banished And Returning Count.
... Those the princess hath borne thee are princely in blood,"--The children thy hear with delight ...
In A Word.
... l's bidding to obey,Its melody pours forth the sounding lyre, Yearning a sacrifice of love to bring ...
