The Song of the Bell (German: Das Lied von der Glocke, also translated as The Lay of the Bell) is a poem that the German poet Friedrich Schiller published in 1798. It is one of the most famous poems of German literature and with 430 lines also one of the longest. In it, Schiller combines a knowledgeable technical description of a bell founding with points of view and comments on human life, its possibilities and risks.
The first indented line between the title and the first stanza is in Latin and reads "Vivos voco. Mortuos plango. Fulgura frango", approximately translating as "I call the living, I mourn the dead, I repel lightning."
Moreover, Quasimodo (and Esmeralda) are my famous protagonists from the time I was 10-11 yo --- if there is somebody who are interested in my childhood.
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
ludwigm wrote:Moreover, Quasimodo (and Esmeralda) are my famous protagonists from the time I was 10-11 yo --- if there is somebody who are interested in my childhood.
Funny, I don't feel that old.
This, or any other post that I have made or will make in the future, is strictly my own opinion and consequently of little or no value.
"Faith is believing something you know ain't true" Twain.
