Cassandra
Both beauty and intelligence were mine. But to what end? Of all the nineteen who Sprang from my mother’s fecund thighs, of daughters I...
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- Nov 4, 2022
- 4 min
The Legend of the Pariah
The Pariah’s Prayer Great lord Brahma, lord of spirits, From whom all life traces its seed; Standing at creation’s summits, Was your will...
Translation
- Sep 22, 2022
- 2 min
Legend of the Horseshoe by Wolfgang Goethe
When Jesus Christ still walked over the Earth, Outcast, and not yet known by holy birth, Though followed by many an eager youth Who...
John H. B. Martin
- Jun 2, 2022
- 1 min
Danaë
We have been promised gold like this before … But, now it glows on trees, we can't ignore it. One day we'll harvest it … Or mine it,...
Translation
- May 19, 2022
- 1 min
The King of Thule by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
A king once lived in Thule, Faithful until the grave, To whom his dying mistress A golden goblet gave. Nothing was dearer to him— He...
Translation
- Nov 21, 2021
- 2 min
The Ring of Polycrates by Friedrich Schiller
He stood on the ancient battlements, Proudly gazing from the parapets On Samos, over which he reigned. “This realm bends beneath my iron...
Translation
- Jul 25, 2021
- 6 min
The Gods of Greece by Friedrich Schiller
We present the full uncensored version of Friedrich Schiller's "The Gods of Greece" translated into English for the first time. Because...
Translation
- Dec 14, 2019
- 3 min
The Gods of Greece by Heinerich Heine
Full-blossoming moon! Here in thy light Like flowing gold the ocean gleams; As limpid as day, yet dimly bewitched, Reposing across the...
By Michael R. Burch
- Nov 10, 2019
- 1 min
Pan
... Among the shadows of the groaning elms, amid the darkening oaks, we fled ourselves ... ... Once there were paths that led to coracles...
Original Translation
- Mar 5, 2019
- 3 min
Pegasus im Joche (Pegasus in Yoke) by Friedrich Schiller
In Greek mythology, Pegasus was the creature who created the Streams of Helicon by stomping his hoof into Mount Helicon. Unto a...
Translation
- Jun 6, 2018
- 3 min
Cassandra by Friedrich Schiller
In Greek mythology, Cassandra was the daughter of King Priam of Troy. She was given the ability to foresee the future by the god Apollo,...
Translation
- May 10, 2018
- 1 min
Nänie by Friedrich Schiller
Even the beautiful must perish; it sways the gods, and rules mankind! Yet it does not move the iron breast of the Stygean Zeus. Only once...
By David B. Gosselin
- Sep 27, 2017
- 2 min
The Jewels of Andalusia - The Spanish Knight
Wa le ghalib il Allah (God is the only victor) -Muhamed Ibn-l-Ahmar, founder of the Alhambra Palace He rides across the star-engulfed...
By Daniel Leach
- Sep 20, 2017
- 2 min
Indian Ghost Song
It was in the canyon in twilight deep Of the mystical desert night, When the shadows creep down from the mountainsides steep And envelop...
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