The New Amadis

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Title:     The New Amadis
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [More Titles by Goethe]

IN my boyhood's days so drear

I was kept confined;

There I sat for many a year,

All alone I pined,

As within the womb.

Yet thou drov'st away my gloom,

Golden phantasy!

I became a hero true,

Like the Prince Pipi,

And the world roam'd through,

Many a crystal palace built,

Crush'd them with like art,

And the Dragon's life-blood spilt

With my glitt'ring dart.

Yes! I was a man!

Next I formed the knightly plan

Princess Fish to free;

She was much too complaisant,

Kindly welcomed me,--

And I was gallant.

Heav'nly bread her kisses proved,

Glowing as the wine;

Almost unto death I loved.

Sun-s appeared to shine

In her dazzling charms.

Who hath torn her from mine arms?

Could no magic band

Make her in her flight delay?

Say, where now her land?

Where, alas, the way?

1775.

-THE END-
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's poem: The New Amadis

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