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

Fall rain, fall upon this old world, And wake deep inside me the dreams That I dreamt when I was a child, When rain would wet the golden...

On the seashores of endless worlds, earth's children converge. The infinite sky is motionless, the restless waters boisterous. On the...

Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 "Marie and I were sitting in the dining-room when the bell rang, and we heard Brahms go to our mother's room. Soon...

My sleep grows ever more gentle, Only my sorrow, like a veil, Trembles over me. I hear you often in my dreams, Standing at my door,...

So cover up thy heaven, Zeus, With cloudy mist! And like a boy, who chops The heads from thistles, Go blast the oaks and mountaintops!...

Only he who truly longs Knows what grips me! Alone, the love that belongs With me has been set free. I look to the cloudy throngs Across...

Schubert set one of the 28 stanza's of Schiller's "The Gods of Greece" to music. We present an original translation along with the...

Three words hears man of the highest import Which fly from the mouth of the greatest; Their sound is lost, the meaning ears abort, They...

Der Erlkönig (The Elf King) Who goes there riding through the night and fog?— A father and son come journeying along; He holds him tight...

In Greek mythology, Pegasus was the creature who created the Streams of Helicon by stomping his hoof into Mount Helicon. Unto a...

A baby softly cried, But then it cried no more; Of needed food deprived, It hungers nevermore. His brother died of fever, He lived a life...

"Who dares enter this chasm of water, Is there some brave knight or valiant youth? Let him who can vanquish the frothing water Bring me...

The Quiet Sea Deep silence rules the paling waters— The pristine seas are soundless. Meanwhile a boatman looks on and shivers As he...

With an empty purse and a heavy heart I lugged myself through the dreary days. Poverty knows this life’s lowly ways, But gold can bring...

Beautiful new rose, Precious renewer, By field and river I’ll happily sing Your every blessing - to the blooming verdure. Your sacred...

Discover the true magic of these poems: read along as you listen to the settings of Robert Schumann's Spanische Liebeslieder cycle found...

Ethereal, distant voices, Heavenly greetings of larks, How sweetly you move men's hearts With your enchanting voices. As my eyes begin...

Come you lovely fisher girl, Come and bring your boat to land; Join me on the golden shore, We'll cuddle hand in hand. Lay your head on...

I, wretched Atlas, must carry the world, I must carry this wide world of wrenching pain. I bear the unbearable and my heart Breaks within...