Famous Nicht Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Nicht poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous nicht poems. These examples illustrate what a famous nicht poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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11. Song—Here's to thy health my bonie lass

...HERE’S to thy health, my bonie lass,
 Gude nicht and joy be wi’ thee;
I’ll come nae mair to thy bower-door,
 To tell thee that I lo’e thee.
O dinna think, my pretty pink,
 But I can live without thee:
I vow and swear I dinna care,
 How lang ye look about ye.


Thou’rt aye sae free informing me,
 Thou hast nae mind to marry;
I’ll be as free informing thee,
 Nae time hae I to tarry:
I ken thy frien’s t...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert


I want to go with the one I love..

...[Original]

Ich will mit dem gehen, den ich liebe.
Ich will nicht ausrechnen, was es kostet.
Ich will nicht nachdenken, ob es gut ist.
Ich will nicht wissen, ob er mich liebt.
Ich will mit ihm gehen, den ich liebe.

[Translation]

I want to go with the one I love.
I do not want to calculate the cost.
I do not want to think about whether it's good.
I do not want to know whether he loves me.
I want to go with whom I lo...Read more of this...
by Brecht, Bertolt

Ich habe dich nie je so geliebt..

...er blaue Wald, ma soeur
Über dem immer schon die bleichen Gestirne im Westen standen.

Ich lachte kein klein wenig, gar nicht, ma soeur
Der ich spielend dunklem Schicksal entgegenging --
Während schon die Gesichter hinter mir
Langsam im Abend des blauen Walds verbla?ten.

Alles war schön an diesem einzigen Abend, ma soeur
Nachher nie wieder und nie zuvor --
Freilich: mir blieben nur mehr die gro?en Vögel
Die abends im dunklen Himmel Hunger haben.

[Translation]

I never loved...Read more of this...
by Brecht, Bertolt

Kinderhymne (Childrens Hymn)

...[original]

Anmut sparet nicht noch M?he
Leidenschaft nicht noch Verstand
Da? ein gutes Deutschland bl?he
Wie ein andres gutes Land 

Da? die V?lker nicht erbleichen
Wie vor einer R?uberin
Sondern ihre H?nde reichen
Uns wie andern V?lkern hin.

Und nicht ?ber und nicht unter
Andern V?lkern wolln wir sein
Von der See bis zu den Alpen
Von der Oder bis zum Rhein.

Und weil wir dies Lan...Read more of this...
by Brecht, Bertolt

Menschenlos

...Verwunschnes Wolkenschloß, in dem wir treiben...
Wer weiß, ob wir nicht schon durch viele Himmel
so ziehen mit verglasten Augen?
Wir, in die Zeit verbannt
und aus dem Raum gestoßen,
wir, Flieger durch die Nacht und Bodenlose.

Wer weiß, ob wir nicht schon um Gott geflogen,
und, weil wir pfeilschnell schäumten ohne ihn zu sehen
und unsre Samen weiterschleuderten,
um in noch dunkleren Geschlechtern fortzuleben,
jetzt schuldh...Read more of this...
by Bachmann, Ingeborg


On the Nativity of Christ

...ur nottis upon hicht, 
In firthis and in forrestis fair 
 Be myrthful now at all your mycht; 
 For passit is your dully nicht, 
Aurora has the cloudis perst, 
 The Sone is risen with glaidsum licht, 
 Et nobis Puer natus est. 

Now spring up flouris fra the rute, 
 Revert you upward naturaly, 
In honour of the blissit frute 
 That raiss up fro the rose Mary; 
 Lay out your levis lustily, 
Fro deid take life now at the lest 
 In wirschip of that Prince worthy 
 Qui nobis Puer ...Read more of this...
by Dunbar, William

Santa Claus in the Bush

...ly a drover chap 
Frae the land o' the Darling Pea. 

"Wi' a drover's tales, and a drover's thirst 
To swiggle the hail nicht through; 
Or he's maybe a life assurance carle 
To talk ye black and blue," 

"Guidwife, he's never a drover chap, 
For their swags are neat and thin; 
And he's never a life assurance carle, 
Wi' the brick-dust burnt in his skin. 

"Guidwife, guidwife, be nae sae dour, 
For the wheat stands ripe and tall, 
And we shore a seven-pound fleece this year, 
...Read more of this...
by Paterson, Andrew Barton

The Fall of Jock Gillespie

...moke the Trichi coarse,
 "For ye are short o' cash,
"An' best Havanas Couldna leave
 "Sae white an' pure an ash.

"This nicht ye stopped a story braid,
 "An' stopped it wi' a curse.
"Last nicht ye told that tale yoursel' --
 "An' capped it wi' a worse!

"Oh! we're no fou! Oh! we're no fou!
 "But plainly we can ken
"Ye're fallin', fallin' fra the band
 "O' cantie single men!"

An' it fell when sirris-shaws were sere,
 An' the nichts were lang and mirk,
In braw new breeks, wi' ...Read more of this...
by Kipling, Rudyard

The Haggis Of Private McPhee

...and whuskey--the Birthday o' Burns.
We maun find a dram; then we'll ca' in the rest
O' the lads, and we'll hae a Burns' Nicht wi' the best."

"Be ready at sundoon," snapped Sergeant McCole;
"I want you two men for the List'nin' Patrol."
Then Private McPhee looked at Private McPhun:
"I'm thinkin', ma lad, we're confoundedly done."
Then Private McPhun looked at Private McPhee:
"I'm thinkin' auld chap, it's a' aff wi' oor spree."
But up spoke their crony, wee Wullie McNair:
"Jis...Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William

The Whistle Of Sandy McGraw

...ter a sconnersome fecht,
 On the field o' the slain I wis crawlin' aboot;
And the rockets were burnin' red holes in the nicht;
 And the guns they were veciously thunderin' oot;
When sudden I heard a bit sound like a sigh,
 And there in a crump-hole a kiltie I saw:
"Whit ails ye, ma lad? Are ye woundit?" says I.
 "I've lost ma wee whustle," says Sandy McGraw.
"'Twas oot by yon bing where we pressed the attack,
 It drapped frae ma pooch, and between noo and dawn
There isna much...Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William

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