Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Poetry, by written

• River Lilies

  Saw a boy three lilies white,
  Lilies in the river,

  23 lines
• Conflict Of Wit And Beauty

  Sir Wit, who is so much esteem'd,
  And who is worthy of all honour,

  19 lines
• The Book Of Paradise - The Favoured Beast

  Or beasts there have been chosen four
  To come to Paradise,

  33 lines
• The Book Of Paradise - The Seven Sleepers

  Six among the courtiers favour'd
  Fly before the Caesar's fury,

  108 lines
• From Faust - I. Dedication

  YE shadowy forms, again ye're drawing near,
  So wont of yore to meet my troubled gaze!

  46 lines
• From Faust - II. Prologue In Heaven

  THE ARCHANGELS' SONG.
  RAPHAEL.

  54 lines
• From Faust - III. Chorus Of Angels

  CHRIST is arisen!
  Mortal, all hail!

  79 lines
• From Faust - IV. Chorus Of Spirits

  VANISH, dark clouds on high,
  Offspring of night!

  74 lines
• From Faust - V. Margaret At Her Spinning-Wheel

  MY heart is sad,
  My peace is o'er;

  66 lines
• From Faust - VI. Scene--A Garden

  Margaret. Faust.
  MARGARET.

  52 lines
• From Faust - VII. MARGARET, Placing Fresh Flowers In The Flower-Pots.

  O THOU well-tried in grief,
  Grant to thy child relief,

  58 lines
• Tame Xenia

  GOD gave to mortals birth,
  In his own image too;

  37 lines
• Distichs

  CHORDS are touch'd by Apollo,--the death-laden bow, too, he bendeth;
  While he the shepherdess charms, Python he lays in the dust.

  20 lines
• Book Of the Parsees - The Bequest Of The Ancient Persian Faith

  BRETHREN, what bequest to you should come
  From the lowly poor man, going home,

  93 lines
• Book Of Paradise - The Privileged Men

  AFTER THE BATTLE OF BADE, BENEATH THE CANOPY OF HEAVEN.
  

  73 lines
• The Mountain Castle

  THERE stands on yonder high mountain
  A castle built of yore,

  89 lines
• The Freebooter

  No door has my house,
  No house has my door;

  33 lines
• The Youth And The Millstream

  YOUTH.
  SAY, sparkling streamlet, whither thou

  97 lines
• The Convivial Book - Can The Koran From Eternity Be?

  'Tis worth not a thought!
  Can the Koran a creation, then, be?

  15 lines
• The Convivial Book - Ye've Often, For Our Drunkenness,

  Blamed us in ev'ry way,
  And, in abuse of drunkenness,

  27 lines
• Book Of Parables - From Heaven There Fell Upon The Foaming Wave

  From Heaven there fell upon the foaming wave
  A timid drop; the flood with anger roared,--

  10 lines
• Book Of Parables - Bulbul's Song

  BULBUL'S song, through night hours cold,
  Rose to Allah's throne on high;

  11 lines
• Book Of Parables - In The Koran With Strange Delight

  In the Koran with strange delight
  A peacock's feather met my sight:

  12 lines
• Book Of Parables - All Kinds Of Men

  ALL kinds of men, both small and great,
  A fine-spun web delight to create,

  6 lines
• Book Of Parables - It Is Good

  IN Paradise while moonbeams play'd,
  Jehovah found, in slumber deep,

  18 lines
• Roman Elegies

  SPEAK, ye stones, I entreat! Oh speak, ye palaces lofty!
  Utter a word, oh ye streets! Wilt thou not, Genius, awake?

  156 lines
• Alexis And Dora

  FARTHER and farther away, alas! at each moment the vessel
  Hastens, as onward it glides, cleaving the foam-cover'd flood!

  236 lines
• Hermann And Dorothea - I. Kalliope

  FATE AND SYMPATHY.
  "NE'ER have I seen the market and streets so thoroughly empty!

  226 lines
• Hermann And Dorothea - II. Terpsichore

  HERMANN.
  THEN when into the room the well-built son made his entry,

  286 lines
• Hermann And Dorothea - III. Thalia

  THE BURGHERS.
  THUS did the prudent son escape from the hot conversation,

  114 lines

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