On his nimble steed he lifts her quickly, And so hastens, with the heart-sad woman, Straightway to...
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He wears on his neck a chain of gold, And a hat of straw doth he wear. If scorn 'tis vain to seek ...
Yet if ye are of practised skill, And of all tender ties afraid, Exchange your lovers, if ye will,...
Each falls on the breast of the other, With kisses that well nigh might smother. They tear themsel...
My bed has no trestles, My trestles no bed; Yet merrier moments No mortal e'er led. My cellar is...
At midnight hour. Until at length the full moon, lustre-fraught, Burst thro' the gloom wherein she...
Thy father, dead lies he, The trembling townsmen flee, Adown the street the blood runs free; Oh, ...
And lo! 'twas done with speed of light; The evening soon the world embraced, And o'er the mountain...
For, lo! a third was there; A fourth, fifth, sixth appear'd, And sat around our board; And now th...
1815.* ----- IN SUMMER. How plain and height With dewdrops are bright! How pearls have crown'd ...
Bravely cling together, Both in fortune's sunshine bright, And in stormy weather. Just as we are ...
Sleep on! what wouldst thou more? Through thee I'm hither flying, Thou wilt not list before In sl...
And when the cannons growl around, And small arms rattle clear, And trumpet, trot, and drum resoun...
Softly are press'd; The woodbird's asleep on the bough. Wait, then, and thou Soon wilt find rest....
Manifold is human strife, Human passion, human pain; Many a blessing yet is rife, Many pleasures ...