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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A QUONDAM FOLLOWER OF GOETHE, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography First Line: Hast thou, then, superior risen Last Line: At each luneburg tea-party! Subject(s): Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von (1749-1832) | |||
HAST thou then, superior risen To the chilly dream of glory Which great Weimar's poet hoary Wove around thee, like a prison? Are thy old friends bores now voted? -- Clara, Gretchen, -- names familiar, -- Serlo's chaste maid, and Ottilia In the "Wahlverwandschaft" noted? Thou'rt with Germany enchanted, Art become a Mignon-hater, And thou seek'st for freedom greater Than Philina ever granted. Like a Luneburgomaster, Thou dost battle for the nation, Holding up to execration Kings, as causing all disaster. And I hear with pleasure hearty, What a pitch thy praises grow to, And how thou'rt a Mirabeau, too, At each Luneburg tea-party! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEMORIAL VERSES by MATTHEW ARNOLD LET THE LIGHT ENTER (THE DYING WORDS OF GOETHE) by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER TO BETTINE; THE CHILD-FRIEND OF GOETHE by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE BUSTS OF GOETHE AND SCHILLER IN WALHALLA by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER WRITTEN IN A VOLUME OF GOETHE by RALPH WALDO EMERSON HARTZ-JOURNEY IN WINTER by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE LOVE'S HOUR-GLASS by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE PSYCHE by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE THE MUSAGETES by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE |
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