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been ascertained by me.
Having said thus much by way of explanation, I now leave the book to
speak for itself, and to testify to its own character. Whether viewed
with a charitable eye by the kindly reader, who will make due
allowance for the difficulties attending its
execution, or received by
the critic, who will judge of it only by its own merits, with the
unfriendly welcome which it very probably deserves, I trust that I shall
at least be pardoned for making an attempt, a failure in which does not
necessarily imply disgrace, and which, by leading the way, may
perhaps become the means of inducing some abler and more worthy
(but not more
earnest) labourer to enter upon the same field, the
riches of which will remain unaltered and undiminished in value, even
although they may be for the moment tarnished by the hands of the less
skilful workman who first endeavours to transplant them to a foreign
soil.
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
I have taken advantage of the publication of a Second Edition of my
translation of the Poems of Goethe (originally published in 1853), to
add to the Collection a version of the much admired classical Poem of
Hermann and Dorothea, which was previously omitted by me in
consequence of its length. Its universal
popularity, however, and the
fact that it exhibits the
versatility of Goethe's talents to a greater
extent than,
perhaps, any other of his poetical works, seem to call for
its admission into the present volume.
On the other hand I have not thought it necessary to include the sketch
of Goethe's Life that accompanied the First Edition. At the time of its
publication, comparatively little was known in this country of the
incidents of his career, and my sketch was avowedly written as a

temporary stop-gap, as it were, pending the production of some work
really deserving the tittle of a life of Goethe. Not to mention other
contributions to the literature of the subject, Mr. Lewis's important
volumes give the English reader all the information he is likely to
require respecting Goethe's career, and my short memoir appeared to be
no longer required.
I need scarcely add that I have availed myself of this
opportunity to
make whatever improvements have suggested
themselves to me in
my original version of these Poems.
E. A. B.
London, 1874.
CONTENTS.
Original Dedication
Original Preface
Preface to the Second Edition

List of the principal Works of Goethe
Author's Dedication
SONGS
Sound, sweet Song, from some far Land
To the kind
Reader
The New Amadis
When the Fox dies, his Skin counts
The
Heathrose
Blindman's Buff
Christel
The Coy One
The Convert

Preservation
The Muses' Son
Found
Like and Like

Reciprocal Invitation to the Dance
Self-Deceit
Declaration of War

Lover in all Shapes
The Goldsmith's Apprentice
Answers in a
Game of Questions
Different Emotions on the same Spot
Who'll
buy Gods of love?
The Misanthrope
Different Threats
Maiden
Wishes
Motives
True Enjoyment
The Farewell
The Beautiful
Night.
Happiness and Vision
Living Remembrance
The Bliss of
Absence
To Luna
The Wedding Night

Mischievous Joy

Apparent Death
November Song
To the Chosen One
First Loss

After Sensations
Proximity of the Beloved One
Presence
To the
Distant One
By the River
Farewell
The Exchange
Welcome and
Farewell
New Love, New Life
To Belinda
May Song
With a
painted Ribbon
With a golden Necklace
On the Lake
From the
Mountain
Flower-Salute
In Summer
May Song
Premature

Spring
Autumn Feelings
Restless Love
The Shepherd's Lament

Comfort in Tears
Night Song
Longing
To Mignon
The
Mountain Castle
The Spirit's Salute
To a Golden Heart that he wore
round his neck
The Bliss of Sorrow
The Wanderer's Night-song

The Same
The Hunter's Even-Song
To the Moon
To Lina
Ever
and Everywhere
Petition
To his Coy One
Night Thoughts
To
Lida
Proximity
Reciprocal
Rollicking Hans
The Freebooter

Joy and Sorrow
March
April
May
June
Next Year's Spring

At Midnight Hour
To the rising full Moon
The Bridegroom
Such,
such is he who pleaseth me
Sicilian Song
Swiss Song
Finnish
Song
Gipsy Song
The Destruction of Magdeburg
FAMILIAR SONGS.
On the New Year
Anniversary Song
The
Spring Oracle
The Happy Couple
Song of Fellowship
Constancy
in Change
Table Song
Wont and Done
General Confession

Coptic Song
Another
Vanitas! vanitatum vanitas!
Fortune of War

Open Table
The Reckoning
Ergo Bibamus!
Epiphanias
BALLADS.
Mignon
The Minstrel
Ballad of the banished and
returning Count
The Violet
The Faithless Boy
The Erl-King

Johanna Sebus
The Fisherman
The King of Thule
The Beauteous
Flower..
Sir Curt's Wedding Journey
Wedding Song
The
Treasure-digger
The Rat-catcher
The Spinner
Before a Court of
Justice
The Page and the Miller's Daughter
The Youth and the
Millstream
The Maid of the Mill's Treachery
The Maid of the Mill's
Repentance
The Traveller and the Farm-Maiden
Effects at a
distance
The Walking Bell
Faithful Eckart
The Dance of Death

The Pupil in Magic
The Bride of Corinth
The God and the
Bayadere
The Pariah
I. The Pariah's Prayer.
II. Legend
III. The Pariah's Thanks

Death--lament of the noble Wife of Asan Aga

CANTATAS.
Idyll
Rinaldo
The First Walpurgis-Night
ODES.
Three Odes to my Friend
Mahomet's Song
Spirit Song
over the Waters
My Goddess
Winter Journey over the Hartz
Mountains
To Father Kronos. Written in a Post-chaise
The
Wanderer's Storm Song
The Sea-Voyage
The Eagle and Dove

Prometheus
Ganymede
The Boundaries of Humanity
The Godlike
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
The German Parnassus.
Lily's
Menagerie
To Charlotte
Love's Distresses
The Musagetes

Morning Lament
The Visit
The Magic Net
The Goblet
To the
Grasshopper. After Anacreon
From the Sorrows of Young Werther

Trilogy of Passion :Ä
I. To Werther
II. Elegy
III. Atonement
The Remembrance of the Good
When I
was still a youthful Wight
For Ever
From an Album of 1604

Lines on seeing Schiller's Skull
Royal Prayer
Human Feelings
On
the Divan
Hans Sachs' Poetical Mission
SONNETS.
The Friendly Meeting
In a Word
The Maiden Speaks

Growth
Food in Travel
Departure

The Loving One Writes.

The Loving One once more
She Cannot End
Nemesis
The
Christmas Box
The