The Works of J. W. von Goethe/Volume 10

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

POEMS OF GOETHE

Volume II

REYNARD THE FOX

"Sitting at Ease beneath the Gate"

Photogravure from the painting by A. V. Kamberg

The Works of
J. W. von Goethe

With His Life by
GEORGE HENRY LEWES

Edited by
NATHAN HASKELL DOLE

Translations by
SIR WALTER SCOTT, SIR THEODORE MARTIN
JOHN OXENFORD, THOMAS CARLYLE
AND OTHERS

In Fourteen Volumes
Volume X.

PUBLISHED BY

FRANCIS A. NICCOLLS & CO.

LONDON AND BOSTON

Lyceum Edition

Limited to 750 Numbered and
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Copy 232

Oxford Press

Contents
PAGE
Hermann and Dorothea		1
West-Eastern Divan
I.⁠Morganni Nameh
⁠	Talismans	114
	The Four Favours	114
	Discord	115
	Song and Structure	115
II.⁠Hafis Nameh
	The Unlimited	116
	To Hafis	117
III.⁠Uschk Nameh
	The Types	117
	One Pair More	118
IV.⁠Tefkir Nameh
	Five Things	119
	Firdusi	119
	Suleika	120
V.⁠Rendsch Nameh		120
VI.⁠Hikmet Nameh		120
VII.⁠Timur Nameh
	The Winter and Timur	123
	To Suleika	124
VIII.⁠Suleika Nameh
	Hatem	125
	Suleika	126
	Hatem	127
	Hatem	127
	The Loving One Speaks	128
	The Loving One Again	128
	Suleika	129
	The Sublime Type	130
	Suleika	131
	The Reunion	132
	Suleika	133
IX.⁠Sari Nameh		135
X.⁠Mathal Nameh		136
	It Is Good	137
XI.⁠Parsi Nameh
	The Bequest of the Ancient Persian Faith	138
XII.⁠Chuld Nameh
	The Privileged Man	141
	The Favoured Beasts	143
	The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus	143

Not listed on the contents page:

Reynard the Fox

List of Illustrations

POEMS. PART II.
	PAGE
"Sitting at ease beneath the gate" (See page 2)	Frontispiece
"Close by its side, was walking a maiden"	14
"Do you see her,—the maiden?"	68
REYNARD THE FOX
"Between the bare legs of the priest"	43
"Then Reynard exclaimed: 'Come, don't be afraid!'"	93
"And abundance was furnished for all"	122
"And covered with fat and with oil"	232