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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A VOICE FROM THE INVISIBLE WORLD, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Poet's Biography First Line: High o'er his moldering castle walls Last Line: "cleave thou thy destined way!" Subject(s): Hearts; Love | |||
HIGH o'er his moldering castle walls The warrior's phantom glides, And loudly to the skiff it calls That on the billow rides— "Behold! these arms once vaunted might, This heart beat wild and bold— Behold! these ducal veins ran bright With wine-red blood of old. "The noon in storm, the eve in rest, So sped my life's brief day. What then? Young bark on Ocean's breast, Cleave thou thy destined way!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SONG FROM THE COPTIC by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE FAUST: SCENE 1. PROLOGUE IN HEAVEN by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE |
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