Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
First Lines
New! A place to mark the Graces, when they come
New! Alas, that even in a heavenly marriage,
New! All the divine perfections, which, whilere
New! Do not touch him -- do not wake him! Fast asleep is Amor lying;
New! Eros! wherefore do I see thee, with the glass in either hand?
New! Grant, O ye healing Nymphs, that have your haunts
New! Here, in the hush and stillness of mid-noon,
New! How beautiful! A garden fair as heaven,
New! Lightly doth the furrow fold the golden grain within its breast,
New! Love, not the simple youth that whilom wound
New! O child of beauty rare --
New! Our German Klopstock, if he had his will,
New! Slumber, Sleep -- they were two brothers, servants to the Gods above;
New! The deep-brow'd lord of Delos once, and Maia's nimble-witted son,
New! The morning came. Its footsteps seared away
New! To deck herself, the Muse, at early morn,
New! What time Diogenes, unmoved and still,
New! Where the rose is fresh and blooming -- where the vine and myrtle spring --
New! Wilt thou dare to blame the woman for her seeming sudden changes,
New! Yesterday thy head was brown, as are the flowing locks of love,
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