Category: German Poetry


Friedrich Halm: “My Heart”

Ernst Moritz Arndt: “The Solace of Tears”

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

Illustration from 19th century.

Heinrich Heine: “Dream and Life”

August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben: “Song of an Exile”

Karl Joseph Simrock: “Schelm von Bergen”

Gottfried August Bürger: “The Wives of Weinsberg”

Heinrich Heine: “The Book Of Songs” No. 66

Heinrich Heine

1797 – 1856

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

On the trail of Heinrich Heine to the Brocken

https://harzspots.com/en/erkunden/wanderwege/spot/heinrich-heine-weg-im-harz

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

Goethe: “Wont And Done”

Ferdinand Freiligrath: “Martial Music”

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

Thomas Carlyle: A Great Soul

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

Wilhelm Hauff: On “Lichtenstein”

Excerpt: The Goethe Time Portal: Wilhelm Hauff

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