Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff

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Joseph Karl Benedikt Freiherr von Eichendorff (March 10, 1788 – November 26, 1857) was a German poet and novelist of the later German romantic school. Eichendorff's guiding poetic theme was that Man should find happiness in full absorption of the beauties and changing moods of Nature. He also wrote a history of German literature that was posthumously published. Eichendorff's poetry has been set by many composers, including Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Hugo Wolf, Richard Strauss, Friedrich Nietzsche, Hans Pfitzner, and Alexander Zemlinsky. Eichendorff's best known work, Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts (English: Of the Life of a Good-For-Nothing) is typical romantic novella, whose main themes are voyage and love. The protagonist leaves his father's mill and becomes a gardener at a Viennese castle where he falls in love with the daughter of the duke. Because she is unattainable he travels to Italy but then returns and learns that she had been adopted by the duke, so nothing stands in the way of a marriage between them.)

The Best Poem Of Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff

Joyful Wanderer

When God's favour for someone
To far lands gives him His run
Willing to show his miracles' lots
Of mountains and rivers, fields and woods.

Lazybones are at home, let them lay
They'll never admire an early day
Over their children's cradle rather they hum
Worrying about bread and what's to be done.

Brooks off the mountains gaily spring
Skylarks above delightedly sing
Why don't we sing along their best
From the bottom of our young chest.

To Almighty God let's give Him thanks
For all those brooks, larks, woods and fields
And the whole Earth and heaven awaits His grace
Not mention He willingly enlightened my face.

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