Specimens of the German Lyric Poets Consisting of Translations in Verse
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As Jove himself might sigh to prove; For ever young, and ever new ! Nor bliss sincere shall mortals know. Whose bosom 'scapes the shafts of woe. Through ill, we ev'ry good attain. And Love rewards an age of pain ! SCHILLER. 97 Bright Hesper and Aurora rise Alternate in the vaulted skies, Nor yet perceive the happy pair, That Autumn thins the bowVy shade ; Nor dream that brumal blasts invade, And chill, and nip tlte fading year. But still with secret joy they trace Each waning day's contracted s...pace ; And bless the gods with fond delight. That longer grows each welcome night. Already now had night and day, Held o'er the world an equal sway, When pensive from the castle- wall, The lonely maid, with anxious eye. Beheld the sun descend the sky. And haste on Thetis' lap to fall. Each ruder wind was hush'd to sleep. Unruffled lay the grassy deep, And all its smooth expanse confess'd. The purpled glories of the west- Gay shoals of wanton dolphins ride Disporting on the crystal tide. And glitter to the setting ray ; Wliile, rising from their dark abodes, A varied train of wat'ry gods Emerge, and grace departing day.
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