HEINRICH HEINE - Repositories

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A SUPPLICATION,
A star dawns beauteous in my gloomy
night,
A star that sheds sweet comfort with its
Promising me new life and joy, —
Oh, do not lie !
Like as the ocean to the moon swells
free.
So mounts my soul, daring and glad to
thee, —
To thee, and to thy light of joy, —
Oh, do not lie !
VIEWS OF GOETHE.
The orthodox were vexed that in the
trunk of this great tree there was nc
niche provided for the statuettes of the
saints, but that, on the contrary, ever
the nude dryads of heathendom were
permitted to carry on their witchery be
neath it. The pietists would gladl}
have imitated Saint Boniface, anc
with consecrated axe have fellec
this magic oak. The liberals, on the
othe'r hand were indignant that they
could not use it as a liberty tree and as
a barricade. But, in truth, the tree was
too lofty to have a red cap placed on its