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  • Haste not! Rest not!

    Anonymous translation from the German “Ohne Hast, ohne Rast.” WITHOUT haste! without rest! Bind the motto to thy breast; Bear it with thee as a spell: Storm and sunshine guard it well! Heed not flowers that round thee bloom, Bear it onward to the tomb. Haste not! Let no thoughtless deed Mar for...

  • Mignon’s Song

    From the German by Thomas Carlyle From “Wilhelm Meister” “KNOW’ST thou the land where citron-apples bloom, And oranges like gold in leafy gloom, A gentle wind from deep-blue heaven blows, The myrtle thick, and high the laurel grows? Know’st thou it then? ’T is there! ’T is...

  • The Fisher

    From the German by Charles Timothy Brooks THE WATERS purled, the waters swelled,— A fisher sat near by, And earnestly his line beheld With tranquil heart and eye; And while he sits and watches there, He sees the waves divide, And, lo! a maid, with glistening hair, Springs from the...

  • The Erl-King

    From the German by Sir Theodore Martin and William Edmondstoune Aytoun WHO rides so late through the midnight blast? ’T is a father spurs on with his child full fast; He gathers the boy well into his arm, He clasps him close and he keeps him warm. “My son, why thus to my arm dost cling?”— “...

  • Le Roi des Aulnes

    Qui chevauche si tard à travers la nuit et le vent ?
    C’est le père avec son enfant.
    Il porte l’enfant dans ses bras,
    Il le tient ferme, il le réchauffe.

    « Mon fils, pourquoi cette peur, pourquoi te cacher ainsi le visage ?
    Père, ne vois-tu pas le roi des Aulnes,...