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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LONGING, by JOSEPH VON EICHENDORFF First Line: The stars were so golden and glistening Last Line: In the glorious summer night. | |||
The stars were so golden and glistening; I stood by the window alone, To songs of the post-horn listening, O'er silent moorland blown. My heart within me was burning. "To travel--ah, what delight!" I thought in my secret yearning, In the glorious summer night. Two merry youths were walking By the slope of yonder hill. I heard their singing and talking, When all about was still: Of woodlands murmuring mildly, Ravines from the dizziest height, Of waterfalls that wildly Pour into the forest's night. They sang of marble shining, Of garden walls o'er-grown, Where vines are rampantly twining, Of moon-lit palaces lone, Where maids at the windows are rousing The music from lutes with delight, Where murmuring fountains are drowsing In the glorious summer night. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE DEATH OF MY CHILD by JOSEPH VON EICHENDORFF THE BROKEN RING by JOSEPH VON EICHENDORFF THE BROKEN RING by JOSEPH VON EICHENDORFF THE LAST GREETING by JOSEPH VON EICHENDORFF SAVORING THE PAST by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE REAR-GUARD by SIEGFRIED SASSOON VENDEMIAIRE by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE TO HIS DEAR FRIEND THOMAS RANDOLPH, ON HIS COMEDY 'THE JEALOUS LOVERS' by RICHARD BENEFIELD A REPLY TO AN IMITATION OF THE SECOND ODE OF HORACE by RICHARD BENTLEY THE CELESTIAL COUNTRY by BERNARD OF CLUNY |
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