He stood on the ancient battlements, Proudly gazing from the parapets On Samos, over which he reigned. “This realm bends beneath my iron...

With the old magician Gone once more away, Let my own ambition Make his wraiths obey. Carefully I noted His every word and sign. My will...

When the almighty Father of all things, Using his steady hand, Calmly unleashed his shafts Of lightning through the world, Scattering on...

Over the glistening waves of distant seas Travels, swan-like, a humble bark. Along the waters an old soul as well Glides like a ship...

So dark, so dark the willow forests loom, The skies are wintered and the evening hushed. Now neither shroud nor light nor vapors rise,...

There once descended a youth from Athens Into a dreamy Corinthian town; He was eager to meet new family, friends And his luscious bride...

We present the full uncensored version of Friedrich Schiller's "The Gods of Greece" translated into English for the first time. Because...

We are proud to present a selection of original translations of ancient Greek poet Sappho by Michael R. Burch. While only fragments of...

I. Time unfolds in a three-fold way: The future stalks us cautiously, The now like lightning bolts departs, The past forever-still...

When, pained with spiritual thirst, I trudged across a gloomy desert, I came upon a six-winged seraph Standing before me on my path. With...

From "The Romantic School", 1835 "...There was a craze for comparing the productions of the two poets, and opinions were divided. The...

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Here in this charnel-house of bleaching bones, like...

My songs travel through the cool night, Searching for you. Find me in the tranquil grove, love— I'll wait for you. The gentle fronds of...

The soul of mankind Is like water: From Heaven coming, To Heaven rising, Again descending – As it must – Earthward, Ever circling. It...

Immortal Aphrodite, throned in splendor! Wile-weaving daughter of Zeus, enchantress, and beguiler! I implore you, dread mistress,...

Immortal Aphrodite, throned in splendor! Wile-weaving daughter of Zeus, enchantress, and beguiler! I implore you, dread mistress,...

How brightly nature Shines this morning! See the glowing sun! Hear the fields sing! Fragrant buds burst forth From each green frond! A...

I know the day comes when my eyes close, when my sight fails, when life takes its leave in silence and the last curtain veils my vision. ...

Holy night, descending softly, Descending, too, are our dreams, Like moonlight through a darkened room, Through the depths of a man`s...

Full-blossoming moon! Here in thy light Like flowing gold the ocean gleams; As limpid as day, yet dimly bewitched, Reposing across the...