Excerpt from Herman and Dorothea: A Poem, From the German of Goethe I was first induced to peruse the following Poem, in the original, in consequence of the fame it had acquired; and with no further View than that of receiving pleasure from a more intimate study of the German language; in the best and purest idioms of which, the natives affirm it abounds. While reading, a desire was excited to translate some lines; it was a gratification not to be resisted. One passage delighted, and ano ther was begun: till, at length, the resolution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Hermann and Dorothea is an epic poem, an idyll, written by German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe between 1796 and 1797, and was to some extent suggested by Johann Heinrich Voss's Luise, an idyll in hexameters, which was first published in 1782-84. Goethe's work is set around 1792 at the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars, when French forces under General Custine invaded and briefly occupied parts of the Palatinate.