Millions busily toil, that the human race may continue;
But by only a few is propagated our kind.
Thousands of seeds by the autumn are scattered, yet fruit is engendered
Only by few, for the most back to the element go.
But if one only can blossom, that one is able to scatter
Even a bright living world, filled with creations eterne.
Even the moral world its nobility boasts--vulgar natures
Reckon by that which they do; noble, by that which they are.
Die, hapless man, since she denies thee grace,
Die, and despair, sith she doth scorn to love thee.
Farewell, most fair, tho' thou dost fair deface,
Sith for my duteous love thou dost reprove me.
Those smiling eyes, that sometimes me revived,
Clouded of frowns, have me of life deprived.
Wein ist staerker als das Wasser:
Dies gestehn auch seine Hasser.
Wasser reisst wohl Eichen um,
Und hat Haeuser umgerissen:
Und ihr wundert euch darum,
Dass der Wein mich umgerissen?
Ob ich morgen leben werde,
Weiss ich freilich nicht:
Aber, wenn ich morgen lebe,
Dass ich morgen trinken werde,
Weiss ich ganz gewiss.
Liebende, die weinend mußten scheiden, -
Wenn nach heißer Sehnsucht langen Leiden
Sie ans Herz sich endlich dürften pressen,
Würden sich zu küssen hier vergessen.
Dickery, dickery dock,
The mouse ran up the clock;
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down,
Dickery, dickery dock.
With flowers fair adorn thy lustrous hair,
Dica, amidst thy locks sweet blossoms twine,
With thy soft hands, for so a maiden stands
Accepted of the gods, whose eyes divine
Are turned away from her--though fair as May
She waits, but round whose locks no flowers shine.
breaking
dew pearls on the grass-
early sparrows
Det er min Pligt, det føler jeg, at skrive
Og melde Dig, vi er endnu ilive
