After-Sensations



WHEN the vine again is blowing,

Then the wine moves in the cask;
When the rose again is glowing,

     Wherefore should I feel oppress'd?

Down my cheeks run tears all-burning,

If I do, or leave my task;
I but feel a speechless yearning,

     That pervades my inmost breast.

But at length I see the reason,

When the question I would ask:
'Twas in such a beauteous season,

     Doris glowed to make me blest!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 28, 2023

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Scheme A BA C A BA C D BD C
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 402
Words 75
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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