...adorn'd outside; a hidden ground Of thought and of austerity within. [From Memorial Verttt.] GOETHE. He took the suffering human race, He read each wound,...And struck his finger on the place, And said: Thou attest here, and here! EARLY DEATH AND FAME. FOR him who must see many years, I praise the life which...

...We watched the fount of fiery life Which flowed for that Titanic strife. When Goethe passed away, he said — " Sunk then, is Europe's sagest head. Physician...pilgrimage." He took the suffering human race, He scanned each wound, each weakness, near, And struck his finger on the place, And said, " Thou ailest...

...words 2 0 MEMOBIAL VEBSES. From a volume entitled Empedocks on Etna,, by " A " published not long ago. WHEN Goethe's death was told, we said, — Sunk, then,...place, And said, — Thou ailest here and here. He look'd on Europe's dying hour, Of fitful dream and feverish power ; His eye plunged down the weltering...

...And yet with reverential awe We watch'd the fount of fiery life Which serv'd for that Titanic strife. When Goethe's death was told, we said — Sunk, then,...Iron Age Goethe has done his pilgrimage. He took the suifering human race, He read each wound, each weakness clear — And struck his finger on the place...

...And yet with reverential awe We watch'd the fount of fiery life Which serv'd for that Titanic strife. When Goethe's death was told, we said — Sunk, then,...place And said — Thou ailest here, and here. — He look'd on Europe's dying hour Of fitful dream and feverish power ; His eye plung'd down the weltering...

...reverential awe We watch'd the fount of fiery life Which serv'd for that Titanic strife. MEMORIAL VERSES. 269 When Goethe's death was told, we said — Sunk, then,...And struck his finger on the place And said — Thou attest here, and here. — He look'd on Europe's dying hour Of fitful dream and feverish power ; His...

...expending none of his strength in yearnings towards heaven. In this sense Goethe was a demigod : " He took the suffering human race ; He read each wound, each weakness clear ; He struck his finger on the place, And said, ' Thou ailest here, and here.' " He knew all symptoms...

...was told, whose survey comprehended the horizon of times, peoples, and theories, how finely it was said, — " Sunk, then, is Europe's sagest head :...the place, And said, ' Thou ailest here, and here.' " The loftiest office of a true clergy is the cure of souls ; of statesmen, to be physicians of the...

...horizon of times, peoples, and theories, how finely it was said, — " Sunk, then, is Europe's sngest head : Physician of the iron age, Goethe has done...And struck his finger on the place, And said, ' Thou aikst here, and here.' " . The loftiest office of a true clergy is the cure of souls ; of statesmen,...

...memory, works his fame ; And, like clustered stars of heaven, Flash the letters of his name. EIEMER. When Goethe's death was told, we said — Sunk, then,...the place And said — thou ailest here, and here. M. ARXOLD. His heart which few knew, was as great as his mind, which all knew. STILLING. He has a clear,...