Category: German Poetry


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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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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Joseph von Eichendorff: “The Robber Brothers”

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Wilhelm Müller: “The Coming of Spring”

Wilhelm Müller

1794 – 1827

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Wolfgang Müller:  On The Rhine Is My Heart

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Heinrich Heine: “Seraphine”

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Ferdinand Freiligrath: “Hungary: New Year’s Eve 1848”

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Friedrich von Schiller: “The Battle”

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Anastasius Grün:  “The Ring”

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Robert Reinick: “The Moon-Dial”

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Wilibald Alexis: “Fredericus Rex”

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Ernst Moritz Arndt: “The German Song”

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