| 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. Fourteen years thereafter Moerike saw to it that
Waiblinger's poems were published. Moerike lived to be seventy-one.
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. Fourteen years thereafter Moerike saw to it that
Waiblinger's poems were published. Moerike lived to be seventy-one.
| German Romantic Poet 1804 - 1830 |
Lied der Liebe in die Heimat Song of Love for You at Home
Der Kirchhof The Churchyard
Der Abendstern The Evenig Star
Deutscher Kuenstler in Rom German Artist in Rome
An Hoelderin To Hoelderin
Ave Maria Ave Maria
Landschaftsmaler Landscape Painter
Pantheon Pantheon
Umgebung Roms Surroundings of Rome
Spaete Einsicht Late Insight
Michel Angelo Michelangelo
Der Kirchhof The Churchyard
Der Abendstern The Evenig Star
Deutscher Kuenstler in Rom German Artist in Rome
An Hoelderin To Hoelderin
Ave Maria Ave Maria
Landschaftsmaler Landscape Painter
Pantheon Pantheon
Umgebung Roms Surroundings of Rome
Spaete Einsicht Late Insight
Michel Angelo Michelangelo