Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis

Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis (December 26, 1762 – January 29, 1834) was a Swiss poet.

Quotes

• Into the silent land!
  Ah, who shall lead us thither?
  • "The Silent Land", reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• Who in life’s battle firm doth stand
  Shall bear hope’s tender blossoms
  Into the silent land!
  • "The Silent Land", reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• Ach Land! Ach Land! Für alle Sturmbedrohten
  Der mildeste von unsers Schicksals Boten
  Winkt uns, die Fackel umgewandt,
  Und leitet uns mit sanfter Hand,
  In's Land der grossen Todten,
  In's stille Land!
  • Ah land! Ah land! When comes the tempest's gloom
    The mildest of the heralds of our doom
    Beckons us to him with inverted brand,
    And leadeth us with gentle hand
    To the mighty Dead one's home
    To the stilly land.
  • "Lied", Gedichte: Vierter Zeitraum, translated by J. J. Campbell, reported in Dictionary of Quotations: German (1906), p. 4

• Das arme Herz, hienieden
  Von manchem Sturm bewegt,
  Erlangt den wahren Frieden
  Nur, wo es nicht mehr schlägt.
  • O where can this poor human heart
    Storm-tossed on life's rough shore,
    Find perfect rest from all its smart
    But—where it beats no more.
  • "Das Grab", Str. 5, reported in Dictionary of Quotations: German (1906), p. 36

• Handelt! durch Handlungen zeigt sich der Weise,
  Ruhm und Unsterblichkeit sind ihr Geleit.
  • Work! for through business the wise man is seen,
    With it are glory undying and praise.
  • "Ermunterung", Gedichte: Zweiter Zeitraum, translated by J. J. Campbell, reported in Dictionary of Quotations: German (1906), p. 187

• Nur in schwülen Prüfungsstunden
  Sprosst die Palme, die den Sieger krönt.
  • In the heavy hour of trial
    Buds the leaf that crowns the victor's brow.
  • "Psyches Trauer", reported in Dictionary of Quotations: German (1906), 265

External links

• Selected poems at recmusic.org