English poem
Leader Of The Band
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)
Nose of fly and gnat's proboscis, Throng not the naked beauty! Frogs and crickets in the mosses, Keep time and do your duty!
WEATHERCOCK (towards one side)
What charming company I view Together here collected! Gay bachelors, a hopeful crew. And brides so unaffected!
WEATHERCOCK (towards the other side)
Unless indeed the yawning ground Should open to receive them, From this vile crew, with sudden bound, To Hell I'd jump and leave them.