Here is a query to which I in my profound ignorance of English literature
do not know the answer at all! If you can help, please reply directly to
the address given below, as Mr Lowenherz is not part of our list.
Abigail
Records of Early English Drama/ Victoria College/ 150 Charles Street W
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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 10:46:11 -0500
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Subject: Shakespeare/Goethe Inquiry
March 27, 1996
Dear Friend,
My company, Lion Heart Autographs, Inc., in New York (tel. 212-779-7050) is
currently researching a document written in the hand of Goethe. It is en;
"Aus einem Stammbuch von 1604" ("From an album from 1604) and begins,
"Hoffnung beschwingt Gedanken, Liebe, Hoffnung;/ In klarster Nacht hinauf zu
Cynthien Liebe." (Roughly, and poorly translated that would read something
like: "Hopes winged thoughts, dear hope; In clearest eve rise to Cynthia's
Love.")
Now, at the end of the poem (about eighteen lines) Goethe has written
"Shakespeare". below that he has written "W. (probably Weimar) 16. Apr[il]
1820. Goethe".
We did a preliminary search with the Folger Library in Washington, trying to
track down the word Cynthia -- nothing showed up that would connect this text
with anything that Shakespeare wrote.
Do you have any idea what source Goethe might have been using when he
translated this verse into German? Do you have any suggestions about where I
might go to check further?many thanks for your help!
Sincerely
David H. Lowenherz
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