Poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Idyll.
... n thou mayst claimBut homage thou must share with all, believe me!When their voices thousands raise, ...
Answers In A Game Of Questions.
... Who ne'er seems as if he knewIf he pleases, if he charms,--He 'tis injures, he 'tis harms ...
True Enjoyment.
... First feel, oh youth! A girl then findWorthy thy choice,--let her choose thee, ...
The Sea-voyage.
... While he gently striveth to outwit them,To his goal, e'en when thus press'd, still faithful ...
The Same.
... in the forest of Ilmenau, on the walls of a little hermitage where ...
The Heathrose.
... rosebud, rosebud red,Heathrose fair and tender!Now the cruel boy must pickHeathrose fair and tender ...
The Mountain Castle.
... le, answer'd, "Yes!"And songs that breath'd a deep feeling,That touched the heart's innermost chord, ...
The Fox And Crane.
... Ne'er was such a gourmand, surely!"While the bird with circumspectionOn one foot, as usual, cradled, ...
With A Golden Necklace.
... But if the chain they bring thee ever,Heavier, more fraught with weal or woe, ...
To The Grasshopper.
... Yes, thou'rt loved by all the Muses,Phoebus' self, too, needs must love thee ...
Trilogy of Passion: III. ATONEMENT.
... w on the sense it dies!In million tones entwined for evermore,Music with angel-pinions hovers there, ...
The Muses' Son.
... his Autobiography, as expressing the manner in which his poetical ...
On The Lake,
... ]I DRINK fresh nourishment, new bloodFrom out this world more free ...
To Lina.
... ing!And each page thine own will be!Ah, what grief the song impartsWith its letters, black on white, ...
To The Moon.
... true love inspires,Leaning on his breast!That which heedless man ne'er knew,Or ne'er thought aright, ...
