Aus unendlichen Sehnsüchten steigen
endliche Taten wie schwache Fontänen,
die sich zeitig und zitternd neigen.
Aber, die sich uns sonst verschweigen,
unsere fröhlichen Kräfte—zeigen
sich in diesen tanzenden Tränen.
Initiale (Initial) (as translated by Cliff Crego)
Das Buch der Bilder (The Book of Images) (1902)
“E’en like the passage of an angel’s tear
That falls through the clear ether silently.”
"Sonnet. To One Who Has Been Long in City Pent"
Poems (1817)
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English Romantic poet 1795–1821Related quotes
The Lost Pleiad
The Venetian Bracelet (1829)
Canto II, stanza 22.
The Lady of the Lake http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3011 (1810)
“In times of war, the law falls silent.”
“You look like an angel,
Sleeping it off at a station.
Were you only passing through?”
Song lyrics, The Kick Inside (1978)