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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Found

Found


Once through the forest

Alone I went;
To seek for nothing
My thoughts were bent.
I saw i' the shadow

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

From

From


My grief no mortals know,

Except the yearning!

Alone, a prey to woe,
All pleasure spurning,
Up tow'r…

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

For Ever

For Ever

THE happiness that man, whilst prison'd here,

Is wont with heavenly rapture to compare,--
The harmony of Truth, from wavering cle…

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Flower-Salute

Flower-Salute


THIS nosegay,--'twas I dress'd it,--

Greets thee a thousand times!
Oft stoop'd I, and caress'd it,
Ah! full …

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Finnish Song

Finnish Song

IF the loved one, the well-known one,
Should return as he departed,
On his lips would ring my kisses,
Though the wolf's bloo…

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Faithful Eckart

Faithful Eckart

"OH, would we were further! Oh, would we were home,
The phantoms of night tow'rd us hastily come,
The band of the Sorceress siste…

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Ever And Everywhere

Ever And Everywhere

FAR explore the mountain hollow,
High in air the clouds then follow!
To each brook and vale the Muse

Thousand…

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Explanation Of An Ancient Woodcut

Explanation Of An Ancient Woodcut

EARLY within his workshop here,
On Sundays stands our master dear;
His dirty apron he puts away,
And we…

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Epitaph

Epitaph


As a boy, reserved and naughty;
As a youth, a coxcomb and haughty;
As a man, for action inclined;
As a greybeard, fickle …

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Effects At A Distance

Effects At A Distance

THE queen in the lofty hall takes her place,

The tapers around her are flaming;
She speaks to the page: "With a nim…

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Different Emotions On The Same Spot

Different Emotions On The Same Spot

THE MAIDEN.

I'VE seen him before me!
What rapture steals o'er me!
Oh heavenly sight!

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Dedication - The Poems Of Goeth

Dedication - The Poems Of Goeth

The morn arrived; his footstep quickly scared

The gentle sleep that round my senses clung,
And I, awak'ni…

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Coptic Song

Coptic Song

LEAVE we the pedants to quarrel and strive,

Rigid and cautious the teachers to be!
All of the wisest men e'er seen alive

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Death-Lament Of The Noble Wife Of Asan Aga

Death-Lament Of The Noble Wife Of Asan Aga

WHAT is yonder white thing in the forest?
Is it snow, or can it swans perchance be?
Were it snow, ere …

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Conflict Of Wit And Beauty

Conflict Of Wit And Beauty

Sir Wit, who is so much esteem'd,
And who is worthy of all honour,
Saw Beauty his superior deem'd
By folks who…

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Christel

Christel


My senses ofttimes are oppress'd,

Oft stagnant is my blood;
But when by Christel's sight I'm blest,
I feel my st…

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Celebrity

Celebrity


ON bridges small and bridges great
Stands Nepomucks in ev'ry state,
Of bronze, wood, painted, or of stone,
Some small a…

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Calm At Sea

Calm At Sea

SILENCE deep rules o'er the waters,

Calmly slumb'ring lies the main,
While the sailor views with trouble
Nought but o…

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Book Of Timur - To Suleika

Book Of Timur - To Suleika

FITTING perfumes to prepare,

And to raise thy rapture high,
Must a thousand rosebuds fair
First in fie…

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

By The River

By The River

FLOW on, ye lays so loved, so fair,

On to Oblivion's ocean flow!
May no rapt boy recall you e'er,
No maiden in her b…

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Book Of Suleika - These Tufted Branches

Book Of Suleika - These Tufted Branches

THESE tufted branches fair

Observe, my loved one, well!
And see the fruits they bear
In g…

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Book Of Suleika - The Reunion

Book Of Suleika - The Reunion

CAN it be! of stars the star,

Do I press thee to my heart?
In the night of distance far,
What deep …

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Book Of Suleika - The Loving One Again

Book Of Suleika - The Loving One Again

WRITES he in Neski,
Faithfully speaks he;
Writes he in Tali,
Joy to give, seeks he:
Writes…

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Book Of Suleika - Suleika 04

Book Of Suleika - Suleika 04

WITH what inward joy, sweet lay,

I thy meaning have descried!
Lovingly thou seem'st to say
That I'm …

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