Hector And Andromache.

[This and the following poem are, with some alterations, introduced in the Play of "The Robbers."]

ANDROMACHE.
Will Hector leave me for the fatal plain,
Where, fierce with vengeance for Patroclus slain,
    Stalks Peleus' ruthless son?
Who, when thou glid'st amid the dark abodes,
To hurl the spear and to revere the gods,
    Shall teach thine orphan one?

HECTOR.
Woman and wife beloved cease thy tears;
My soul is nerved the war-clang in my ears!
    Be mine in life to stand
Troy's bulwark! fighting for our hearths, to go
In death, exulting to the streams below,
    Slain for my fatherland!

ANDROMACHE.
No more I hear thy martial footsteps fall
Thine arms shall hang, dull trophies, on the wall
    Fallen the stem of Troy!
Thou goest where slow Cocytus wanders where
Love sinks in Lethe, and the sunless air
    Is dark to light and joy!

HECTOR.
Longing and thought yes, all I feel and think
May in the silent sloth of Lethe sink,
    But my love not!
Hark, the wild swarm is at the walls! I hear!
Gird on my sword Beloved one, dry the tear
    Lethe for love is not!

Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller was a renowned German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright. Born on November 10, 1759, in Marbach am Neckar, and passing away on May 9, 1805, in Weimar, Schiller is considered one of the most important figures in German literature. His works, including 'Ode to Joy' and 'William Tell', have left a lasting impact on Western literature and thought.

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