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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BROTHERS, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Poet's Biography
First Line: Slumber, sleep - they were two brothers
Last Line: Slumber did his brother's duty -- sleep was deepen'd into death.
Subject(s): Brothers; Death; Sleep; Half-brothers; Dead, The
First Line: Slumber, sleep - they were two brothers
Last Line: Slumber did his brother's duty -- sleep was deepen'd into death.
Subject(s): Brothers; Death; Sleep; Half-brothers; Dead, The
SLUMBER, Sleep -- they were two brothers, servants to the Gods above;
Kind Prometheus lured them downwards, ever fill'd with earthly love;
But what Gods could bear so lightly, press'd too hard on men beneath;
Slumber did his brother's duty -- Sleep was deepen'd into Death.
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