Margarete Münsterberg, ed., trans. A Harvest of German Verse. 1916. | | The Early Graves | By Friedrich Gottlob Klopstock (17241803) |
| BE welcome, oh silvery moon, | |
Quiet, beautiful friend of night! | |
Fleest thou? Hasten not, stay, oh spirit-friend! | |
Lo, now she stays, only clouds wandered away. | |
The waking of May is alone | 5 |
Fairer still than the summer night, | |
When the dew, clear as light, from her tresses drips, | |
When she, ascending the hill, ruddily glows. | |
Ye nobler ones! Gloomily grows | |
On your tombstones the sober moss! | 10 |
Happy I was, alas, when I still with you | |
Looked upon roseate dawns, shimmering nights! | | | |
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