Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A GOLDEN HEART, WORN ROUND HIS NECK, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Poet's Biography First Line: Remembrancer of joys long passed away Last Line: They're stifled by the pressure of his chain. Subject(s): Emotions; Hearts; Love | ||||||||
REMEMBRANCER of joys long passed away, Relic, from which as yet I cannot part, O, hast thou power to lengthen love's short day? Stronger thy chain than that which bound the heart? Lili, I fly!yet still thy fetters press me In distant valley, or far lonely wood. Still with a struggling sigh of pain confess thee The mistress of my soul in every mood. The bird may burst the silken chain that bound him, Flying to the green home, which fits him best; But, ah! he bears the prisoner's badge around him, Still by the piece about his neck distressed. He ne'er can breathe his free wild notes again; They're stifled by the pressure of his chain. | 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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