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Heinrich Heine: Travels In The Harz Mountains: “Prologue”

On the trail of Heinrich Heine to the Brocken

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Heinrich Heine: Travels In The Harz Mountains: “On The Hardenberg”

Ruins of Castle Hardenberg

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Goethe: “Wont And Done”

GOETHE

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Ferdinand Freiligrath: “Martial Music”

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Gottfried August Bürger: “The Wives of Weinsberg”

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Georg Herwegh: “The Walk at Midnight”

Text excerpt from 'Masterpieces of German Poetry' by F.H. Hedley, with illustrations by Louis Wanke, published in London, 1876.
A stylized peacock with intricate feather patterns, set against a starry night sky and a crescent moon.
A poem titled 'The Walk at Midnight' with a decorative layout, featuring text in a stylized font on a white background.
A poem displayed in a structured format, featuring themes of dreams, nature, and contrasting imagery of a palace and a narrow cottage.
Portrait of a young man with long hair, wearing a coat with decorative buttons and a bowtie, set against a plain background.

GEORG HERWEGH

1817 – 1875

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Thomas Carlyle: A Great Soul

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Johann Gottfried von Herder: “The Erl-King’s Daughter”

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Wilhelm Hauff: On “Lichtenstein”

Excerpt: The Goethe Time Portal: Wilhelm Hauff

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Gottfried August Bürger: “The Wild Huntsman”

From a 1798 Edition.

Illustrated by Joseph Führich, etching 1827

Gottfried August Bürger

 1747-1794

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HEINRICH HEINE: “GEOFFREY RUDEL AND MELISANDA OF TRIPOLI”

Excerpt from 'The Works of Heinrich Heine,' Volume 19, translated by Charles Godfrey Leland, published in 1898.
A medieval illustration depicting two figures embracing, surrounded by floral designs and a heraldic shield in the upper corner.
An artistic representation of the poem 'Geoffrey Rudel and Melisanda of Tripoli' featuring a decorative text layout with vivid colors and imagery of love and longing.
A medieval illustration depicting a man playing a musical instrument while speaking to a seated woman, who appears engaged in conversation.
A poetic text excerpt displayed in an artistic font, focusing on themes of love, longing, and memory.
A medieval illustration featuring two figures, one reading a book and the other gesturing while seated beneath a decorative heart-shaped tree with the word 'AMOR' inscribed on it.
A poetic excerpt featuring romantic dialogue between two characters, discussing love, dreams, and the passage of time in a moonlit chamber.
A couple sitting closely together on a couch, the man looking contemplative while the woman reads from a book, set in a dimly lit room.

HEINRICH & MATHILDE

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Friedrich von Schiller:  “The Commencement of the Nineteenth Century”

Translated by C. Hermann Merivale

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Joseph Christian Freiherr von Zedlitz: “William Tell”

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Ludwig Achim von Arnim/Clemens Brentano: “The Tailor In Hell”

Illustration from 19th century.

Ludwig Achim von Arnin and Clemens Brentano

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Karl Joseph Simrock: “Schelm von Bergen”

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Johann Gabriel Seidl: “The Snow-Bride”

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Heinrich Heine: “The Pilgramage To Keevlar”

Excerpt from 'The Book of German Songs: From the Eighteenth to the Nineteenth Century', translated and edited by H.W. Dulcken, published in London in 1856.
An illustration of a tower with a person standing at the lattice, depicting a scene from 'The Pilgrimage to Keelvar.' The text includes a dramatic dialogue between a mother and her sick son about a procession.
An illustration depicting a scene related to a poem about the Virgin Mary, featuring a village with houses and people dressed in traditional attire, surrounded by trees.
A page of handwritten text, featuring a poem with lines about a cripple, a wax foot, and references to a mother and son, with themes of healing and devotion.
A page of text from a poem about a mother and her sick son, featuring themes of devotion and a vision of the Virgin Mary.
A portrait of a young man with light brown hair, wearing a black jacket and a white shirt, seated with one arm resting on a red chair.

HEINRICH HEINE

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