Johann Gottfried von Herders sämmtliche Werke: Früchte aus den sogenannt goldenen Zeiten des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts

Cover

Im Buch

Ausgewählte Seiten

Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen

Beliebte Passagen

Seite 118 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Seite 204 - By Music, minds an equal temper know, Nor swell too high, nor sink too low. If in the breast tumultuous joys arise, Music her soft, assuasive voice applies ; Or, when the soul is press'd with cares, Exalts her in enlivening airs.
Seite 213 - Love, strong as death, the poet led To the pale nations of the dead, What sounds were heard, What scenes appear'd, O'er all the dreary coasts ! Dreadful gleams, Dismal screams, . Fires...
Seite 215 - The deep, majestic, solemn organs blow. Hark! the numbers soft and clear Gently steal upon the ear ; Now louder, and yet louder rise, And fill with spreading sounds the skies : Exulting in triumph now swell the bold notes, In broken air, trembling, the wild music floats ; Till, by degrees, remote and small, The strains decay, And melt away, In a dying, dying fall.
Seite 215 - DESCEND, ye Nine ! descend and sing ; The breathing instruments inspire, Wake into voice each silent string, And sweep the sounding lyre ! In a sadly-pleasing strain Let the warbling lute complain : Let the loud trumpet sound, Till the roofs all around The shrill echoes rebound ; While, in more lengthen'd notes and slow, The deep, majestic, solemn organs blow.
Seite 215 - While in more lengthen' d notes and slow, The deep, majestic, solemn organs blow. Hark ! the numbers soft and clear, Gently steal upon the ear; Now louder and yet louder rise, And fill with spreading sounds the skies...

Bibliografische Informationen