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The Fox and the Monkey (Aesop’s fables) by Aesop

A MONKEY once danced in an assembly of the Beasts, and so pleased them all by his performance that they elected him their King. A Fox, envying him the honor, discovered a piece of...

The Hostage by Friedrich Schiller (1798) 0

The Hostage by Friedrich Schiller (1798)

The tyrant Dionys to seek,Stern Moerus with his poniard crept;The watchful guard upon him swept;The grim king marked his changeless cheek:“What wouldst thou with thy poinard? Speak!”“The city from the tyrant free!”“The death-cross shall...

Die Bürgschaft by Friedrich Schiller (1798) 1

Die Bürgschaft by Friedrich Schiller (1798)

Zu Dionys, dem Tyrannen, schlichDamon, den Dolch im Gewande:Ihn schlugen die Häscher in Bande,“Was wolltest du mit dem Dolche? sprich!”Entgegnet ihm finster der Wüterich.“Die Stadt vom Tyrannen befreien!”“Das sollst du am Kreuze bereuen.” “Ich...