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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONGS BY THE LAKE: 5, by NIKOLAUS FRANZ NIEMBSCH VON STREGLENAU Poet's Biography
First Line: On the lake as it reposes
Last Line: Like an ecstasy of prayer.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lenau, Nikolaus
Subject(s): Lakes; Pools; Ponds
First Line: On the lake as it reposes
Last Line: Like an ecstasy of prayer.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lenau, Nikolaus
Subject(s): Lakes; Pools; Ponds
On the lake as it reposes
Dwells the moon with glow serene
Interweaving pallid roses
With the rushes' crown of green.
Stags from out the hillside bushes
Gaze aloft into the night,
Waterfowl amid the rushes
Vaguely stir with flutterings light.
Down my tear-dim glance I bend now,
While through all my soul a rare
Thrill of thought toward thee doth tend now.
Like an ecstasy of prayer.
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