Poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Genial Impulse.
... The motives now are those, now these ...
The Goblet.
... Such a draught no toil can e'er procure him!" 1781 ...
The Loving One Writes.
... dry:He loves, methinks, e'en to these glades so still,-- And shalt not thou to distant lands extend ...
The Youth And The Millstream.
... to which the latter forms the sequel, was not written till the following ...
Trilogy of Passion: I. TO WERTHER.
... But, oh, the harsh farewell is hid behind!Thou smilest, friend, with fitting thoughts inspired ...
June.
... With the glow of youth still playing,Joyous vigour in each limb, ...
Paulo Post Futuri.
... For each sorrow and each tearMakes the father's heart to mourn ...
The Buyers.
... Will never find a lack of folks to buy! 1820 ...
The Dilettante And The Critic.
... * * * *He who sees in the boy shadow'd forth his own case, ...
The Epochs.
... sweet and glad, One endless Mayday, through the livelong year! 1807 ...
Should E'er The Loveless Day.
... ome, lov'd one, come! appear once more!Thou art as fair as ever! 1827 ...
Solitude.
... s ye received what they ever denied unto mortals,Power to comfort and aid all who in you may confide ...
Neither This Nor That.
... That thou art but a fool, they'll say ...
Admonition.
... Fortune learn to seize alone,For that Fortune's ever here ...
The Instructors.
... p,Were not the lord of the world e'en for instruction too great! 1789 ...