The Works of J. W. von Goethe/Volume 9/The Misanthrope

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

For works with similar titles, see The Misanthrope.

THE MISANTHROPE.

At first awhile sits he,
With calm, unruffled brow;
His features then I see,
Distorted hideously,—
An owl's they might be now.
What is it, asketh thou?
Is't love, or is't ennui?
'Tis both at once, I vow.

Late resounds the early strain;
Weal and woe in song remain.