The Artist’s Evening Song
The Artist’s Evening Song - fact Summary
Goethe's Nature and Growth
This poem expresses Goethe’s characteristic embrace of nature as a creative, formative force. Addressing Nature as a source of inner inspiration, the speaker yearns for a liberating power that transforms artistic hesitation into abundant expression. The poem frames personal growth as a process in which nature heightens mental powers and expands finite existence toward a sense of eternity—a recurring theme in Goethe’s work.
Read Complete AnalysesOh, for some inner creative force Through my mind, echoing! That through my hands might course A sap-filled blossoming. I only shudder, I only stutter, And yet can’t halt: at last, I feel I know you, Nature, And must hold you fast. When I think how all these years My powers have been growing, And where barren heath appeared Now streams of joy are flowing: How I yearn for you, Nature, then, And long for you, with faith and love! For me you’ll be the leaping fountain, A thousand springs will hurl above. And every single power In my mind you’ll heighten, And this narrow being-here To Eternity you’ll widen.
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