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The Poems of Schiller - First Period

By Friedrich Schiller

2020-04-08 18:56:48

Worlds lay concealed in the hopes of his youth!— When once he shall ripen to manhood and fame! Fond father exult!—In the germs of his youth What harvests are destined for manhood and fame! Not to be was that manhood!—The death-bell is kne ... Read more
Worlds lay concealed in the hopes of his youth!— When once he shall ripen to manhood and fame! Fond father exult!—In the germs of his youth What harvests are destined for manhood and fame! Not to be was that manhood!—The death-bell is knelling, The hinge of the death-vault creaks harsh on the ears— How dismal, O Death, is the place of thy dwelling! Not to be was that manhood!—Flow on, bitter tears! Go, beloved, thy path to the sun, Rise, world upon world, with the perfect to rest; Go—quaff the delight which thy spirit has won, And escape from our grief in the Halls of the Blest. Less

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File size292.296 KB
Print pages60
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1236697363
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (November 10, 1759 – May 9, 1805) was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist. During the last few years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller stru...

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