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Subject: SCHUBERT, FRANZ (1797-1828)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AGING ONE, by KARL WILHELM MULLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: This morning my hair shone white, covered with crystals of
Last Line: Who would believe that I have not one gray hair to show %for my entire journey?
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Winter


BACKWARD GLANCE, by KARL WILHELM MULLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The fiery soles of my feet burn with every step, even
Last Line: One more time, yes, even stagger back and stand quietly before %her house
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Winter


BY THE STREAM, by KARL WILHELM MULLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Dear stream that once roared along, wild and sparkling
Last Line: Are the waters beneath its surface as turbulent as yours?
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Winter


COURAGE, by KARL WILHELM MULLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Let the snow fly in my face. See how I shake it off! Let my
Last Line: Wind and weather. If there be no god on earth, then we ourselves %must be gods!
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Winter


CROW, by KARL WILHELM MULLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A crow has flown with me ever since I left the town
Last Line: Crow, let me see at last what it means to be faithful %to the grave
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Winter


DELUSION, by KARL WILHELM MULLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A friendly light dances before my eyes, enticing me this
Last Line: Even delusion can be a blessing for one such as I
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Winter


DREAMS OF SPRING, by KARL WILHELM MULLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I was dreaming of beautiful flowers-flowers the color of
Last Line: Sweetheart in my arms?
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Winter


FIVE FRACTURED PRELUDES FOR BLUE BEAR, by WILLIAM WITHERUP    Poem Source                    
First Line: Dear friend, I envy your fields of blue snow
Last Line: Next time you go out to milk the cows
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Singing And Singers


FLOODWATERS, by KARL WILHELM MULLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Streams of tears have fallen from my eyes into the snow
Last Line: Where you feel my tears begin to burn will be my %sweetheart's house
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Winter


FOR A LADY WHO LOVES SCHUBERT, by WILLIAM WITHERUP    Poem Source                    
First Line: After a week in hell
Last Line: For a lady who loves schubert
Subject(s): Books; Composers; Novels And Novelists; Poetry And Poets; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)


FRANZ SCHUBERT, by RONALD FREDERICK HENRY DUNCAN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis            
First Line: What love is this
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)


FRANZ SCHUBERT, OR: NOTES ON THE WEATHER, VIENNA, SELS, by FRIEDERIKE MAYROCKER    Poem Source                    
First Line: 1st weather: beside the sun, actually, and thin to set on fire
Last Line: How can I thank you for not refusing my letters on a sad subject'
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)


FROZEN TEARS, by KARL WILHELM MULLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Frozen tears fall from my cheeks. How could I not have
Last Line: Glowing hot, as if you were intent on melting all the ice of winter!
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Winter


GOOD NIGHT, by KARL WILHELM MULLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I cam as a stranger; as a stranger now I leave
Last Line: Good night,' to let you know I thought of you
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Winter


HURDY-GURDY PLAYER, by KARL WILHELM MULLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Just beyond the village is a hurdy-gurdy player. His
Last Line: Strange old man, shall I go with you? Will you grind your %organ to my songs?
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Winter


IN THE VILLAGE, by KARL WILHELM MULLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Dogs are barking, rattling their chains. People are sleeping
Last Line: I am finished with dreaming. Why should I tarry with %those who are slumbering?
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Winter


INN, by KARL WILHELM MULLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: My path has led me to a graveyard
Last Line: Then we must trudge on, my faithful walking staff and I
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Winter


LAST HOPE, by KARL WILHELM MULLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Here and there colored leaves can be seen on the trees
Last Line: I myself sink to the ground and weep on the tomb of %my hope
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Winter


LAST LYRICS: 10 (FOR FRANZ SCHUBERT), by RONALD FREDERICK HENRY DUNCAN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis            
First Line: They asked him %why all his songs were sad?
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)


LINDEN TREE, by KARL WILHELM MULLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A linden tree grows by the well at the gate
Last Line: You would have found repose there'
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Winter


LONELINESS, by KARL WILHELM MULLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Like a dark cloud drifting across a clear sky as a tired gust
Last Line: Even the raging storms did not rain upon me the misery %that I feel now
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Winter


MAIL, by KARL WILHELM MULLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Why do you leap up, my heart, at the sound of the
Last Line: You want to take a look over there and see how she is, %don't you?
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Winter


NUMBNESS, by KARL WILHELM MULLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Vainly I search for a trace of her step in the snow-covered
Last Line: Heart even soften, her image will dissolve and disappear
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Winter


PHANTOM SUNS, by KARL WILHELM MULLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I saw three suns outlined against the sky and stared at
Last Line: If only the third would leave as well! Darkness is all %that I crave
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Winter


REST, by KARL WILHELM MULLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Now at last I begin to realize how tired I am
Last Line: Sharp sting of the serpent as it stirs
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Winter


SCHUBERT, by ZITELLA COCKE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Who would know thee, a loving heart must bring
Last Line: And joy do live, thou hast not lived in vain!
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)


SCHUBERT'S (UNFINISHED) SYMPHONY, by FRANCES BARTLETT    Poem Text                    
First Line: The muffled sobbing of a storm-scourged sea
Last Line: The longings that are prayers — it voices all!
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)


SCHUBERT'S SERENADE, by JEAN DREW FREEMAN    Poem Text                    
First Line: O, rare melody
Last Line: That hauntingly stirs the soul.
Subject(s): Composers; Love; Poetry & Poets; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)


SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD, by ADAM ZAGAJEWSKI    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Franz schubert, seventeen years old
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)


SIGNPOST, by KARL WILHELM MULLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: For what reason do I avoid the well-trod paths of other
Last Line: Road from which there is no return
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Winter


STOPPING SCHUBERT, by GERALD STERN    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Stopping schubert, ejecting him, changing the power
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)


STOPPING SCHUBERT, by GERALD STERN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Stopping schubert, ejecting him, changing the power
Last Line: I have kept it a secret for forty years, %the tortured composer from pennsylvania, franz schubert
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)


STORMY MORNING, by KARL WILHELM MULLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: How violently the storm has torn apart the gray fabric of
Last Line: Image: it is nothing more than winter-cold, raw winter!
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Winter


TO FRANZ SCHUBERT, by JEAN DREW FREEMAN    Poem Text                    
First Line: And you, inspired
Last Line: Harmonies for the angels?
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)


WEATHER VANE, by KARL WILHELM MULLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: On the roof of my sweetheart's house the wind toys
Last Line: What do they care about my pain? Their child is %a rich bride
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Winter


WILL-O'-THE-WISP, by KARL WILHELM MULLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I have been lured deep into the rocky gorges by a
Last Line: Every stream eventually arrives at the sea, every suffering %at its grave
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm
Subject(s): Composers; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Winter