Versos English Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Ariel

English poem

Ariel

by (1749–1832)

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If nature boon, or subtle sprite, Endow your soul with pinions;-- Then follow to yon rosy height, Through ether's calm dominions!

ORCHESTRA (pianissimo)

Drifting cloud and misty wreathes Are fill'd with light elysian; O'er reed and leaf the zephyr breathes-- So fades the fairy vision!