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TO THE AUTHOR OF 'THE ROBBERS' (SCHILLER), by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Schiller! That hour I would have wished to die
Last Line: Then weep aloud in a wild ecstasy!
Variant Title(s): Sonnet To The Author Of The Robbers
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Schiller, Johann Von (1759-1805); Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich Von


SCHILLER! that hour I would have wished to die,
If thro' the shuddering midnight I had sent
From the dark dungeon of the Tower time-rent
That fearful voice, a famished Father's cry --
Lest in some after moment aught more mean
Might stamp me mortal! A triumphant shout
Black Horror screamed, and all her goblin rout
Diminished shrunk from the more withering scene!
Ah! Bard tremendous in sublimity!
Could I behold thee in thy loftier mood
Wandering at eve with finely-frenzied eye
Beneath some vast old tempest-swinging wood!
Awhile with mute awe gazing I would brood:
Then weep aloud in a wild ecstasy!





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