Nearness of the Beloved by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
I think of you when the shimmering sea waves Shine bright on me; I think of you when the moon's resplendent rays Light up each stream. I...
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By Daniel Leach
- Apr 16, 2018
- 2 min
Three Sister Islands*
Again I sit, as I sat long ago, Upon a rock, among the delicate ferns, While all around, the rushing waters flow In violent, impetuous...
Original Translation
- Apr 13, 2018
- 2 min
The Power of Song by Friedrich Schiller
A stream of rain from fissured mountains, It comes with thunder's vehemence, A shattered peak pursues its fountains, And oaks beneath it...
By Daniel Leach
- Apr 9, 2018
- 1 min
To a Northern Summer Morning
Soft, cool Northern Summer morning, You often greet my eyes in pleasant dreams, Old friend, who whispered to me in my youth Of love, or...
Translation
- Apr 7, 2018
- 4 min
A Late Dante Canzone: Amor, che movi tua vertu da cielo
Oh Love, who takes his power from on high, As the sun does its splendor, So do the rays of your perpetual fire Shine brighter where they...
By Daniel Leach
- Apr 2, 2018
- 2 min
Flight of the Ibis
In the golden light of the late Spring evening, A boy is dreaming on the backyard swing, Swinging and dreaming, as over the treetops And...
Original Translation
- Mar 25, 2018
- 1 min
Wanderer’s Night Song II by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
II. Over the hilltops Is quietness, And in the treetops Emptiness, There's hardly a sigh. The birds are soundless in the forest; With...
By Omar Ahmad Alkhulaki
- Mar 25, 2018
- 1 min
My Soul is Dark
My soul is ever so dark, Like the majestic night, In its center my heart, Shines atop milky white. And from an early start, It never had...
By Edward Hoke
- Mar 21, 2018
- 1 min
Sonnet — by Edward Hoke
12/03/17 Of all ye gods, that crown Olympus high, Who yet remains that man’s not brought to heel? When aircraft daily pierce great Zeus’s...
By Paul Gallagher
- Mar 20, 2018
- 2 min
Who Can Tell a Wave...
Who Can Tell a Wave… Who can tell a wave when its run will end? A soldier answers, “None.” How many chances come to flee or stand? Again...
By Daniel Leach
- Mar 3, 2018
- 2 min
In St. Mary's Church — Fredricksburg, TX
High above the altar, looking down, The stained-glass angel smiles almost unseen, At generations passing through below, Some raise their...
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