First, you perceive, I lay my egg,
And then—review it.”
Friedrich von Schiller was among the most famous of Germany’s writers. Poet, dramatist and historian he left numerous works of varied value.
His humor, like that of all his countrymen, is heavy and rather labored.
PEGASUS IN THE YOKE
Into a public fair—a cattle-fair, in short,
Where other things are bought and sold—ah, sad to tell!
A hungry poet one day brought
The Muse’s Pegasus to sell.
Shrill neighed the hippogriff and clear,