«Not by old masters, rich on crowded walls, / My house I ever sought to ornament, / That gaping guests might marvel while they bent / To connoisseurs with condescending drawls. / Amidst slow labors, far from garish halls, / Before one picture I would fain have spent / Eternity: where the ...»
«King of Heavens! Release / My sick soul to its peace! / For the errors of earth / Send oblivion's dearth; / To thy stern paradise / Give my heart strength to rise.»
«Departed brother, who has disturbed your sleep / And trampled on the sanctity of the tomb? / Into your house, all dug up, I stepped down — / I took your skull in my hands, dusty and yellow. The remnants of your hair — it wore them still. / I saw the slow course of decay upon it. / Hor...»
«I shall saddle a horse, / A swift courser, he, / I shall fly, I shall rush, / As the hawk is keen, / Over fields, over seas, / To a distant land. / I shall overtake there / My young youth again. / I shall make myself spruce / Be a blade again, / I shall make a fine show / For t...»