| Poet Friends of Moerike Poetry of Wilhelm Waiblinger in English Translation |
Wilhelm Waiblinger and Eduard Moerike were close friends while they were students of
theology at the seminary in Tuebingen. But the two young men were markedly different in
character, Waiblinger the talented, dashing romantic who, already at the age of 17 could
publish his first novel. Moerike was the retiring, unruffled, unfulfilled would-be-poet. In spite
of their closeness Moerike understood the danger involved in such a friendship and later
broke it off. Both went separate ways, both became notable Swabian poets of their day.
Waiblinger died in Rome at the age of twenty five. Moerike lived to be seventy-one.
theology at the seminary in Tuebingen. But the two young men were markedly different in
character, Waiblinger the talented, dashing romantic who, already at the age of 17 could
publish his first novel. Moerike was the retiring, unruffled, unfulfilled would-be-poet. In spite
of their closeness Moerike understood the danger involved in such a friendship and later
broke it off. Both went separate ways, both became notable Swabian poets of their day.
Waiblinger died in Rome at the age of twenty five. Moerike lived to be seventy-one.
| German Romantic Poet 1804 - 1830 |