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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SEDGE SONGS: 2, by NIKOLAUS FRANZ NIEMBSCH VON STREGLENAU Poet's Biography
First Line: Oft at eve I love to saunter
Last Line: Sinks into the silent mere.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lenau, Nikolaus
Subject(s): Evening; Nature; Storms; Sunset; Twilight
First Line: Oft at eve I love to saunter
Last Line: Sinks into the silent mere.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lenau, Nikolaus
Subject(s): Evening; Nature; Storms; Sunset; Twilight
Oft at eve I love to saunter
Where the sedge sighs drearily,
By entangled hidden footpaths,
Love! and then I think of thee.
When the woods gloom dark and darker,
Sedges in the night-wind moan,
Then a faint mysterious wailing
Bids me weep, still weep alone.
And methinks I hear it wafted,
Thy sweet voice, remote yet clear,
Till thy song, descending slowly,
Sinks into the silent mere.
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