by Schiller
Auch das Schöne muß sterben! Das Menschen und Götter bezwinget
Schiller's sad elegy for the transience of beauty
German Poems
German poems to know and love.
Aeneid Book 4 in Schiller's German translation, stanzas 125 - 128
Schiller describes the last of Dido
Aeneis 4, 67 - 72
Schiller tells of Dido’s anguish
Aeneid Book 2 in Schiller's German translation, stanzas 95 - 97
Schiller’s death of Priam
by Schiller
So, wahrlich, hielt’s mit seinem Feinde nicht
Schiller's translation of the death of Priam
Roman Elegies XI
The Poet’s study
Waldlied (Forest Song)
Arm in Arm und Kron' an Krone steht der Eichenwald verschlungen,
A fine Swiss poet uses ancient myth.