Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - English translations by Michael R Burch II
...The Fisher
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
translation by Michael R. Burch
The river swirled and rippled;
nearby an angler lay,
and watched his lure with a careless eye,
like any other day.
Bu...
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Categories:
repining, dream, moon, river, song,
Form: Rhyme
When the Rain Fell
...The sky changed as darkness stole away light
A vision of clouds overhead made a blight
Balmy air descended into a chill
As the sun faded losing all its will
A sound of pitter-patter all around
A...
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Categories:
repining, rain,
Form: Rhyme
Body Without A Soul In Me
...Nice to meet you
Glad to have known you
Keeping me clean all the time
Keeping me alive for a lifetime
You dress me with everything
Buying me expensive of anything
You even put make ups on me
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Categories:
repining, fantasy, feelings, grief, happiness,
Form: Narrative
Just Me
...I came out in the real world
To reunite with my soul I once had but lost
To reach out and feel your world
Of which I was once part of those you loved most
I came out in the open
To remind you ...
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Categories:
repining, heart, journey, life, recovery
Form: Verse
A Gullah Angel
...“Be still sad heart and cease repining;
Behind the clouds the sun is shining,
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life a little rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.”- - Lo...
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Categories:
repining, love, heart, old, heart,
Form: Narrative
White Oak, Red Oak
...Oh, mournful, mountain balladeer,
Your plaintive, mountain song
Comes aching through
The tender evening sadness.
"White oak, red oak!
White oak, red oak!"
Oh, whippoorwill,
My soul echoes your...
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Categories:
repining, animals, nostalgia, sad, red,
Form: I do not know?