Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO LINA, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Poet's Biography First Line: Lina, rival of the linnet Last Line: Might be trancing as a dream. Subject(s): Dreams; Life; Nightmares | ||||||||
LINA, rival of the linnet, When these lays shall reach thy hand, Please transfer them to the spinnet, Where thy friend was wont to stand. Set the diapason ringing, Ponder not the words you see, Give them utterance by thy singing, Then each leaf belongs to thee. With the life of music fill them; Cold the written verses seem, That, would Lina deign to trill them, Might be trancing as a dream. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS 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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