person
Friedrich Schiller
Schiller
also: Schiller, Friedrich von Schiller
Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805), German Romantic poet and playwright; among the most widely read German literary figures in Hungary. His epigraph on calling the beloved down from her proud castle opens the 'Sighs' cycle.
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- First Attempts (Juvenilia) §71 Schiller
Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805), German Romantic poet and playwright; among the most widely read German authors in Hungary. The epigraph 'Come down, you fair and gracious one' evokes his ballad persona of longing for the unattainable beloved.