One poem written in this language opens with an excerpt from Horace's Ode 2.9 and addresses an object "Leaning against the ivy-clad wall / of this old terrace," imploring it to "Begin anew / your melodious lament!"
One poem written in this language opens with an excerpt from Horace's Ode 2.9 and addresses an object "Leaning against the ivy-clad wall / of this old terrace," imploring it to "Begin anew / your melodious lament!" A poet who wrote in this language described how "The lines of life are various / like roads, and the borders of mountains" in a poem addressed to his caretaker. One poet writing in this language introduced the symbol of the blue flower in a novel about a (*) minnesinger and wrote Hymns to the Night. A poem in this language describes a figure who "sings a song" "whose melody binds an enthralling / And overpowering spell" causing the "waves [to] devour / the boatman and boat as one," and is entitled "The Lorelei." For 10 points, name this language used to write the poems of Eduard Morike and Heinrich Heine, many of which were set to music as Lieder.
One poem written in this language opens with an excerpt from Horace's Ode 2.9 and addresses an object "Leaning against the ivy-clad wall / of this old terrace," imploring it to "Begin anew / your melodious lament!"
German (or Deutsch)