THE MAIDEN. <br /> <br />I'VE seen him before me! <br />What rapture steals o'er me! <br /> <br />Oh heavenly sight! <br />He's coming to meet me; <br />Perplex'd, I retreat me, <br /> <br />With shame take to flight. <br />My mind seems to wander! <br />Ye rocks and trees yonder, <br /> <br />Conceal ye my rapture. <br /> <br />Conceal my delight! <br /> <br />THE YOUTH. <br /> <br />'Tis here I must find her, <br />'Twas here she enshrined her, <br /> <br />Here vanish'd from sight. <br />She came, as to meet me, <br />Then fearing to greet me, <br /> <br />With shame took to flight. <br />Is't hope? Do I wander? <br />Ye rocks and trees yonder, <br /> <br />Disclose ye the loved one, <br /> <br />Disclose my delight! <br /> <br />THE LANGUISHING. <br /> <br />O'er my sad, fate I sorrow, <br />To each dewy morrow, <br /> <br />Veil'd here from man's sight <br />By the many mistaken, <br />Unknown and forsaken, <br /> <br />Here I wing my flight! <br />Compassionate spirit! <br />Let none ever hear it,-- <br /> <br />Conceal my affliction, <br /> <br />Conceal thy delight! <br /> <br />THE HUNTER. <br /> <br />To-day I'm rewarded; <br />Rich booty's afforded <br /> <br />By Fortune so bright. <br />My servant the pheasants, <br />And hares fit for presents <br /> <br />Takes homeward at night; <br />Here see I enraptured <br />In nets the birds captured!-- <br /> <br />Long life to the hunter! <br /> <br />Long live his delight!<br /><br />Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/different-emotions-on-the-same-spot/
