IN my boyhood's days so drear <br /> <br />I was kept confined; <br />There I sat for many a year, <br /> <br />All alone I pined, <br />As within the womb. <br /> <br />Yet thou drov'st away my gloom, <br /> <br />Golden phantasy! <br />I became a hero true, <br /> <br />Like the Prince Pipi, <br />And the world roam'd through, <br /> <br />Many a crystal palace built, <br /> <br />Crush'd them with like art, <br />And the Dragon's life-blood spilt <br /> <br />With my glitt'ring dart. <br />Yes! I was a man! <br /> <br />Next I formed the knightly plan <br /> <br />Princess Fish to free; <br />She was much too complaisant, <br /> <br />Kindly welcomed me,-- <br />And I was gallant. <br /> <br />Heav'nly bread her kisses proved, <br /> <br />Glowing as the wine; <br />Almost unto death I loved. <br /> <br />Sun-s appeared to shine <br />In her dazzling charms. <br /> <br />Who hath torn her from mine arms? <br /> <br />Could no magic band <br />Make her in her flight delay? <br /> <br />Say, where now her land? <br />Where, alas, the way?<br /><br />Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-new-amadis/
