SISTER of the earliest light,
Type of loveliness in sorrow,
Silver mists thy radiance borrow,
Even as they cross thy sight.
When thou comest to the sky,
In their dusky hollows waken,
Spirits that are sad, forsaken,
Birds that shun the day, and I.
Looking downward far and wide,
Hidden things thou dost discover.
Luna! help a hapless lover,
Lift him kindly to thy side!
Aided by thy friendly beams,
Let him through the lattice peeping,
Look into the room where, sleeping,
Lies the maiden of his dreams.
Ah, I see her! Now I gaze,
Bending in a trance Elysian,
And I strain my inmost vision,
And I gather all thy rays.
Bright and brighter yet I see
Charms no envious robes encumber;
And she draws me to her slumber
As Endymion once drew thee.
2007-12-20 21:45:51 · 15 answers · asked by Jack 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
It's Goethe's "To Luna", right?
I got turned on to Goethe after reading some of Wright's translations of him.
2007-12-21 03:14:02 · answer #1 · answered by Dancing Bee 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I feel silly. I was hoping you wrote it. I also feel silly because I did not know who von Goethe was. Only Germany's greatest poet ever. He died in 1832. The English language followed him a few years later. TD
2007-12-22 08:16:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You use a lot of thees and thous for the 21st century but the classical tone works for me.
2007-12-21 10:26:35 · answer #3 · answered by Duncan w ™ ® 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Shouldn't it be "Birds that shun the day and me"?...but then it wouldn't rhyme!
It's a bit vague overall, not perfect, but like the curate's egg...
2007-12-21 22:47:11 · answer #4 · answered by thom t 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i liked it it had a old time flare. you know like it was written a really long time ago by someone in th early 19oo's at the least. very good did not really understand it but it was good
2007-12-21 08:29:19 · answer #5 · answered by shelly_noble24 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fabulous!
2007-12-21 06:06:03 · answer #6 · answered by Freeman 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Is this meant to make people feel silly? Not funny. It is too easy. One does not know everything.
2007-12-22 08:19:26 · answer #7 · answered by Lady Annabella-VInylist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
theres nothing like a sweet poem,
where you dwell into your own emotions and thoughts
do write in some more and send them across to everybody,
When do we expect the next one to come
thats how great it is !!!!!!!!!!
2007-12-21 05:55:15 · answer #8 · answered by Sikandar A 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try harder duckie. Copying and pasting things from PoetryGuide.com is not recommended...
2007-12-21 09:16:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
you are a good poet! i like the use of old english mixed in with the new english really creative. you are good. it's like reading a mystical book. i like it. good job.
2007-12-21 05:55:10 · answer #10 · answered by Lekien M 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋