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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - General Confession
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In this noble ring to-day

Let my warning shame ye!
Listen to my solemn voice,—

Seldom does it name ye.
Many a thing have ye intended,

Many a thing have badly ended,
And now I must blame ye.

At some moment in our lives

We must all repent us!
So confess, with pious trust,

All your sins momentous!
Error`s crooked pathways shunning.

Let us, on the straight road running,
Honestly content us!

Yes! we`ve oft, when waking, dream`d,

Let`s confess it rightly;
Left undrain`d the brimming cup,

When it sparkled brightly;
Many a shepherd`s-hour`s soft blisses,

Many a dear mouth`s flying kisses
We`ve neglected lightly.

Mute and silent have we sat,

Whilst the blockheads prated,
And above e`en song divine

Have their babblings rated;
To account we`ve even call`d us

For the moments that enthrall`d us,
With enjoyment freighted.

If thou`lt absolution grant

To thy true ones ever,
We, to execute thy will,

Ceaseless will endeavour,
From half-measures strive to wean us,

Wholly, fairly, well demean us,
Resting, flagging never.

At all blockheads we`ll at once

Let our laugh ring clearly,
And the pearly-foaming wine

Never sip at merely.
Ne`er with eye alone give kisses,

But with boldness suck in blisses
From those lips loved dearly.
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