Category Archives: Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt


Friedrich von Bodenstedt: “The Rose”

Excerpt, “Borrowed Plumes.”  Translations from German Poets by James Gribble.  1888.

the rose

Friedrich von Bodenstedt: “Wind and Water Drive the Mill”

Excerpt, “Borrowed Plumes.”  Translations from German Poets by James Gribble.  1888.

wind and water

Friedrich von Bodenstedt: “By storms and passions urged…”

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.Excerpt, “Borrowed Plumes: Translations from the German Poets.” James B.D. Gribble. London: 1888..

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Wind and water drive the mill,

Steam with giant force subdues;

By storms and passions urged, our will

The courage of the heart renews.

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But stronger far than all combined,

Than raging flood, or steam or wind;

Stronger e’en than life or death,

From loving lips in one soft breath.

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