With A Painted Ribbon

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)



LITTLE leaves and flow'rets too,

Scatter we with gentle hand,
Kind young spring-gods to the view,

Sporting on an airy band.

Zephyr, bear it on the wing,

Twine it round my loved one's dress;
To her glass then let her spring,

Full of eager joyousness.

Roses round her let her see,

She herself a youthful rose.
Grant, dear life, one look to me!

'Twill repay me all my woes,

What this bosom feels, feel thou.

Freely offer me thy hand;
Let the band that joins us now

Be no fragile rosy band!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A BA B C DC D E FE F G BG B
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 479
Words 94
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1

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