Poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Proximity.
... When 'mongst man's busy haunts we move,Thy coldness puts to flight my joy ...
The Exchange.
... he moments that life, as it flies, gave for gladness,Because by thy love thou'rt remember'd no more! ...
The New Amor.
... There he espied a goddess, the fairest amongst the immortals,-- ...
Lines On Seeing Schiller's Skull.
... And even there, where mould and damp were clinging,Gave me a blest, a rapture-fraught emotion, ...
A Plan The Muses Entertained.
... A PLAN the Muses entertain'dMethodically to impartTo Psyche the poetic art ...
Anacreon's Grave.
... n rejoiced the thrice-happy minstrel,And from the winter this mound kindly hath screen'd him at last ...
Leopold, Duke Of Brunswick.
... people, as when thou still wert a mortal,Perfecting that as a god, which thou didst fail in, as man ...
The Magic Net.
... Threads are others nimbly twining,So that in their snares, the weapons ...
To Lida.
... THE only one whom, Lida, thou canst love,Thou claim'st, and rightly claim'st, for only thee ...
The God And The Bayadere.
... gsFrom the flame with heav'nly grace,And on high his flight he wings,While his arms his love embrace ...
Burial.
... left our departure to mourn,To our riches will be the successor,For some one must be their possessor ...
Reciprocal.
... The absent she's rocking,Held fast in her arms ...
A Parable.
... * * * *So felt I, when I wond'ring heard ...
I. The Pariah's Prayer
... Now that, Lord, this prayer is said,As thy child acknowledge me ...
The Fool's Epilogue.
... Act like the fool, and wise ye'll be! 1804 ...
