A sweet, uncomprehended yearning Drove forth my feet through woods and meadows free, And while a thousand tears were burning, I felt a world arise for me. These chants, to youth and all its sports appealing, Proclaimed the Spring's rejoicing holiday;... Studies in German Literature - Page 354by Bayard Taylor - 1879 - 421 pagesFull view - About this book
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1871 - 438 pages
...filled with mystic presage, chimed the church-bell slowly, And prayer dissolved me in a fervent bliss.33 A sweet, uncomprehended yearning Drove forth my feet...appealing, Proclaimed the Spring's rejoicing holiday ; And Memory holds me now, with childish feeling, Back from the last, the solemn way. Sound on, ye... | |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1872 - 340 pages
...filled with mystic presage, chimed the churchbell slowly, And prayer dissolved me in a fervent bliss.33 A sweet, uncomprehended yearning Drove forth my feet...thousand tears were burning, I felt a world arise for me. Proclaimed the Spring's rejoicing holiday; These chants, to youth and all its sports appealing, And... | |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1880 - 710 pages
...dearest child of Faith is Miracle. I venture not to soar to yonder regions Whence the glad tidinps hither float ; And yet, from childhood up familiar...appealing, Proclaimed the Spring's rejoicing holiday ; And Memory holds me now, with childish feeling, Back from the last, the solemn way. Sound on, ye... | |
| Philip Schaff, Arthur Gilman - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1880 - 1108 pages
...Peal rather there, where tender natures dwell Your messages I hear, but faith has not been given; 765 be As thus my inmost soul to pour In prayer to thee....the soul's sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed; ; And memory holds me now, with childish feeling, Back from the last, the solemn way. Sound on, ye... | |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1883 - 872 pages
...dwell. Your messages 1 hear, but faith has not been given ; The dearest child of Faith is Miracle. 1 venture not to soar to yonder regions Whence the glad...appealing, Proclaimed the Spring's rejoicing holiday ; And Memory holds me now, with childish feeling, Back from the last, the solemn way. Sound on, ye... | |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1883 - 888 pages
...filled with mystic presage, chimed the church-bell slowly, And prayer dissolved me in a fervent bliss.33 A sweet, uncomprehended yearning Drove forth my feet...appealing, Proclaimed the Spring's rejoicing holiday; And Memory holds me now, with childish feeling, Back from the last, the solemn way. Sound on, ye hymns... | |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1883 - 906 pages
...filled with mystic presage, chimed the church-bell slowly, And prayer dissolved me in a fervent bliss.33 A sweet, uncomprehended yearning Drove forth my feet...appealing, Proclaimed the Spring's rejoicing holiday ; And Memory holds me now, with childish feeling, Back from the last, the solemn way. Sound on, ye... | |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1884 - 888 pages
...Bliss hath invested him, — Woes that molested him, Trials that tested him, Gloriously ended ! FAUST. Why, here in dust, entice me with your spell, Ye gentle,...appealing, Proclaimed the Spring's rejoicing holiday; And Memory holds me now, with childish feeling, Back from the last, the solemn way. Sound on, ye hymns... | |
| John Hopkins Morison - Poetry - 1885 - 216 pages
...kiss Upon my brow, in Sabbath silence holy ; And, filled with mystic presage, chimed the church bell slowly, And prayer dissolved me in a fervent bliss....thousand tears were burning, I felt a world arise for me. Sound on, ye hymns of Heaven, so sweet and mild! My tears gush forth: the Earth takes back her child!"... | |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1898 - 394 pages
...filled with mystic presage, chimed the church-bell slowly, And prayer dissolved me in a fervent bliss.33 A sweet, uncomprehended yearning Drove forth my feet...appealing, Proclaimed the Spring's rejoicing holiday ; And Memory holds me now, with childish feeling, Back from the last, the solemn way. Sound on, ye... | |
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