Explore "Song and Structure" by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
LET the Greek his plastic clay
Mould in human fashion, While his own creation may
Wake his glowing passion;
But it is our joy to court
Great Euphrates' torrent, Here and there at will to sport
In the Wat'ry current.
Quench'd I thus my spirit's flame,
Songs had soon resounded; Water drawn by bards whose fame
Pure is, may be rounded.+