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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE KING IN THULE, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Poet's Biography First Line: There was a king in thule Last Line: Ne'er more a drop he drank. | |||
There was a king in Thule, Right faithful to his grave, To whom his dying sweetheart A golden goblet gave. Naught else he loved above it, He emptied it every meal; And so he used to love it-- The tears from his eyes would steal. He felt that he was dying, And gave unto his heir The towns in his kingdom lying-- But not the goblet rare. He sat at the banquet royal In the old hall solemnly, With all his vassals loyal, In the castle by the sea. There stood the aged monarch And drank life's sunset glow; And cast the sacred goblet Into the flood below. He saw it rushing, drinking, Into the sea it sank. His eyelids old were sinking-- Ne'er more a drop he drank. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FAUST: SCENE 1. PROLOGUE IN HEAVEN by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE HASTE NOT! REST NOT! by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE PROMETHEUS by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE THE ERL-KING by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE THE FISHER by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE A LEGACY by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE A VOICE FROM THE INVISIBLE WORLD by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE ARABIAN BALLAD by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE BALLAD OF THE HARPER by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE CHORUS OF ANGELS, FROM FAUST by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE |
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