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The Online Library of Liberty A Project Of Liberty Fund, Inc. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Goethe’s Works, vol. 1 (Poems) [1885] The Online Library Of Liberty This E-Book (PDF format) is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a private, non-profit, educational foundation established in 1960 to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. 2010 was the 50th anniversary year of the founding of Liberty Fund. It is part of the Online Library of Liberty web site http://oll.libertyfund.org, which was established in 2004 in order to further the educational goals of Liberty Fund, Inc. To find out more about the author or title, to use the site's powerful search engine, to see other titles in other formats (HTML, facsimile PDF), or to make use of the hundreds of essays, educational aids, and study guides, please visit the OLL web site. 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Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Editor: Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen About This Title: Volume 1 of a five volume collection of Goethe’s works. This edition is sumptuously illustrated. Vol. 1 contains Goethe’s poems and a life of Goethe by Dr. Boyesen. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 2 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/2110 Online Library of Liberty: Goethe’s Works, vol. 1 (Poems) About Liberty Fund: Liberty Fund, Inc. is a private, educational foundation established to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. Copyright Information: The text is in the public domain. Fair Use Statement: This material is put online to further the educational goals of Liberty Fund, Inc. Unless otherwise stated in the Copyright Information section above, this material may be used freely for educational and academic purposes. It may not be used in any way for profit. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 3 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/2110 Online Library of Liberty: Goethe’s Works, vol. 1 (Poems) PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 4 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/2110 Online Library of Liberty: Goethe’s Works, vol. 1 (Poems) Table Of Contents The Life of Goethe By Hjalmar H. Boyesen, Ph.d. Poems Dedication. Songs Sound, Sweet Song. To the Kind Reader. The New Amadis When the Fox Dies, His Skin Counts. The Heathrose. Blindman’s Buff. Christel. The Coy One. The Convert. Preservation. The Muses’ Son. Found. Like and Like. Reciprocal Invitation to the Dance. Self-deceit. Declaration of War. Lover In All Shapes. The Goldsmith’s Apprentice. Joy and Sorrow. March. Answers In a Game of Questions. Different Emotions On the Same Spot. Who’ll Buy Gods of Love? The Misanthrope. True Enjoyment. Happiness and Vision. The Farewell. The Beautiful Night. Apparent Death. Proximity. Living Remembrance. The Bliss of Absence. To Luna. The Wedding Night. Mischievous Joy. Farewell. The Exchange. November Song. To the Chosen One. First Loss. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 5 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/2110 Online Library of Liberty: Goethe’s Works, vol. 1 (Poems) After-sensations. Proximity of the Beloved One. Presence. To the Distant One. By the River. Night Song. Calm At Sea. The Prosperous Voyage. Courage. Admonition. Welcome and Farewell. New Love, New Life. To Belinda. May Song. With a Painted Ribbon. With a Golden Necklace. To Charlotte. On the Lake. From the Mountain. Flower Salute. May Song. Premature Spring. Autumn Feelings Restless Love. The Shepherd’s Lament. Comfort In Tears. Longing. To Mignon. The Mountain Castle The Spirit’s Salute. To a Golden Heart That He Wore Round His Neck. The Bliss of Sorrow. The Wanderer’s Night-song. The Same. To the Moon. The Hunter’s Even-song. My Only Property. To Lina. Familiar Songs On the New Year. Anniversary Song. The Spring Oracle. The Happy Couple. Song of Fellowship. Constancy In Change. Table Song. Wont and Done. General Confession. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 6 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/2110 Online Library of Liberty: Goethe’s Works, vol. 1 (Poems) Coptic Song. Another. Vanitas! Vanitatum Vanitas! Swiss Song. Fortune of War. Open Table. The Reckoning. Ergo Bibamus! Epiphanias. Finnish Song. Gypsy Song. From Wilhelm Meister. Mignon. The Same. The Harper. Philine. Ballads Mignon. The Harper. Ballad of the Banished and Returning Count. The Violet. The Faithless Boy. The Erl-king. Johanna Sebus The Fisherman. The King of Thule. The Beauteous Flower. Song of the Imprisoned Count. Sir Curt’s Wedding-journey. Wedding Song. The Treasure-digger. The Rat-catcher. The Spinner. Before a Court of Justice. The Page and the Miller’s Daughter. The Youth and the Millstream. The Maid of the Mill’s Treachery. The Maid of the Mill’s Repentance. The Traveller and the Farm-maiden. Effects At a Distance. The Walking Bell. Faithful Eckart. The Pupil In Magic. The Dance of Death. The Bride of Corinth. The God and the Bayadere. an Indian Legend. The Pariah. the Pariah’s Prayer. Legend. The Pariah’s Thanks. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 7 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/2110 Online Library of Liberty: Goethe’s Works, vol. 1 (Poems) The First Walpurgis-night. Death-lament of the Noble Wife of Asan Aga. Antiques Leopold, Duke of Brunswick. 1785. To the Husbandman. Anacreon’s Grave. The Brethren. Measure of Time. Warning. SakÓntala. Solitude. The Chosen Cliff. The Consecrated Spot. The Instructors. The Unequal Marriage. Excuse. The Muse’s Mirror. PhŒbus and Hermes. The New Amor. The Garlands. The Swiss Alps. Elegies Roman Elegies. Alexis and Dora. Epigrams Venice, 1790. The Four Seasons. Spring. Summer. Autumn. Winter. Sonnets. The Friendly Meeting. In a Word. The Maiden Speaks. Growth. Food In Travel. Departure. The Loving One Writes. The Loving One Once More. She Cannot End. Nemesis. The Christmas-box. The Warning. The Doubters and the Lovers. The Epochs. Charade. Miscellaneous Poems. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 8 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/2110 Online Library of Liberty: Goethe’s Works, vol. 1 (Poems) The German Parnassus. Mahomet’s Song. Spirit Song Over the Waters. My Goddess. Winter Journey Over the Hartz Mountains. To Father Kronos. The Wanderer’s Storm-song. The Sea-voyage. Prometheus. The Eagle and Dove. Ganymede. The Boundaries of Humanity. The Godlike. Royal Prayer. Human Feelings. Lily’s Menagerie. Love’s Distresses. To His Coy One. Petition. The Musagetes. Morning Lament. The Visit. The Magic Net. The Goblet. Night Thoughts. To Lida. Forever. From an Album of 1604. To the Rising Full Moon. Betrothed. At Midnight Hour. Lines On Seeing Schiller’s Skull. Trilogy of Passion. To Werther. Elegy. Atonement. April. May. June. Ever and Everywhere. Next Year’s Spring. Such, Such Is He Who Pleaseth Me. St. Nepomuk’s Eve. Carlsbad, May 15, 1820. The Freebooter. Reciprocal. Song of the Emigrants. Explanation of an Ancient Woodcut Representing Hans Sachs’ Poetical Mission. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 9 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/2110 Online Library of Liberty: Goethe’s Works, vol. 1 (Poems) Thoughts On Jesus Christ’s Descent Into Hell. Art The Drops of Nectar. The Wanderer. Love As a Landscape-painter. Artist’s Evening Song. Parables Explanation of an Antique Gem. Cat-pie. Legend. The Critic. Authors. The Dilettante and the Critic. Celebrity. The Yelpers. The Wrangler. Joy. Playing At Priests. Songs. Poetry. A Parable. Cupid and Psyche. The Death of the Fly. By the River. The Fox and Crane. The Fox and Huntsman. The Stork’s Vocation. The Frogs. The Wedding. Burial. Threatening Signs. The Buyers. The Mountain Village. Symbols. Three Palinodias. Valediction. The Country Schoolmaster. The Legend of the Horseshoe. Epigrams. To Originals. The Soldier’s Consolation. Genial Impulse. Neither This Nor That. The Way to Behave. The Best. As Broad As It’s Long. Calm At Sea. The Rule of Life. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 10 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/2110 Online Library of Liberty: Goethe’s Works, vol. 1 (Poems) The Same, Expanded. The Fair At Huehenefeld. July 25th, 1814. The Little Girl’s Wish. Epitaph. Admonition. My Only Property. Old Age. Courage. Rule For Monarchs. Memories. Paulo Post Futuri. The Fool’s Epilogue. On the Divan. God and World. Prooemion. The Metamorphosis of Plants. The Sages and the People. Rhymed Distichs. God, Soul and World. Distichs. West-eastern Divan. Moganni Nameh. Hafis Nameh. Uschk Nameh. Teskir Nameh. Rendsch Nameh. Hikmet Nameh. Timur Nameh. Suleika Nameh. Safi Nameh. Mathal Nameh. Parsi Nameh. Chuld Nameh. Hermann and Dorothea Fate and Sympathy. Hermann. The Burghers. Mother and Son. The Cosmopolite. The Age. Dorothea. Hermann and Dorothea. Conclusion. 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