by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation © by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Poetry ‑ Life
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Poetry, superstition, poetry of life, life of poetry
 . . . . . . . . . .

— The rest of this text is not
currently in the database but will be
added as soon as we obtain it. —

This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.

Source: Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, 3rd ed., 1979, Angela Partington, ed., Oxford University Press Inc, NY.


Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, copyright ©

Based on:

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Ralph Shapey (1921 - 2002), "Poetry - Life", 1995, published 1999 [soprano and piano], from Goethe Songs II, no. 2, Bryn Mawr, Pa: T. Presser

This page was added to the website: 2015-03-23