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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WRITTEN IN A VOLUME OF GOETHE, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Six thankful weeks, -- and let it be
Last Line: In his plenty things so rare?
Subject(s): Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von (1749-1832)
First Line: Six thankful weeks, -- and let it be
Last Line: In his plenty things so rare?
Subject(s): Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von (1749-1832)
Six thankful weeks, -- & let it be
A metre of prosperity, --
In my coat I bore this book,
And seldom therein could I look,
Each morning brought too much to think,
Heaven & earth to eat & drink.
Is he hapless, who can spare
In his plenty things so rare?
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