Letters from Switzerland and Travels in Italy

Letters from Switzerland and Travels in Italy

When, a few years ago, the copies of the following letters were first made known to us, it was asserted that they had been found among Werther's papers, and it was pretended that before his acquaintance with Charlotte, he had been in Switzerland. We have never seen the originals: however we would not on any account anticipate the judgment and feelings of our readers; for whatever may be their true history, it is impossible to read them without sympathy. How do all my descriptions disgust me, when I read them over. Nothing but your advice, your command, your injunction could have induced me to attempt anything of the kind. How many descriptions, too, of these scenes had I not read before I saw them. Did these, then, afford me an image of them,or at best but a mere vague notion? In vain did my imagination attempt to bring the objects before it; in vain did my mind try to think upon them. Here I now stand contemplating these wonders, and what are my feelings in the midst of them? I can think of nothingI can feel nothing,and how willingly would I both think and feel. The glorious scene before me excites my soul to its inmost depths, and impels me to be doing; and yet what can I dowhat do I? I set myself down and scribble and describe!Away with you, ye descriptionsdelude my friendmake him believe that I am doing somethingthat he sees and reads something. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 53205
Author: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Release Date: Oct 4, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Translator: Morrison, A. J. W. (Alexander James William), 1806-1865