I kissed you imploringly with wild arms,
Who willingly offered me a pale mouth,
Then you melted smiling in my arms
And I knew it again - you are dead.
A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.
Lethe
Lately in a dream I saw on flowing waters
an oarless boat moving away,
stream and sky stood in faint embers
like at approaching or flying of day.
Sat boys in it, crowned with lotus-wreaths,
girls slimly overboard they bent,
circling through their rows I saw the gleams
of a bowl from which each one drank.
Now a song sounded out so sweet and wistfully
that the flock of wreathed companions sang,
I recognised thy neck’s humility,
thy voice that through the choir rang.
I dived into the wave so strangely cold.
Fright’ning chills into my bones it put.
I reached the gently gliding boat,
squeezed myself into the consecrated lot.
And it was thy turn to drink,
and the full bowl thou raisest to me,
and spokest with an intimate wink:
“Heart, forgetfulness I drink to thee!”
Away from thee in love’s wild heat
I wrenched the bowl, cast it in the flood,
it sank, and lo, thy cheek
coloured with a shine of blood.
Pleadingly I kissed thee in griefly harm,
thy pale mouth so willingly offerèd,
then thou melted away smiling in my arm,
and I knew it again – thou art dead.
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Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825-1898)
Sts. Boris and George the Hungarian – trinitystores
Lethe (Meyer) – Wikisource
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below the cut you will find the shadyside high school yearbook, featuring the senior class of 1998.
TRISHA CONRAD:
likes — shopping in the mall her dad owns, gary fresno, giving fabulous parties
remembers — the murder game, the senior table at pete's pizza
dislikes — rich girl jokes, bad karma, overalls
quote — "what you don't know will hurt you."
CLARK DICKSON:
likes — debra lake, poetry, painting
remembers — trisha's party, the first time he saw debra
dislikes — nicknames, dentists, garlic pizza, tans
quote — "fangs for the memories."
JENNIFER FEAR:
likes — basketball, antique jewelry, cool music
remembers — the doom spell, senior cut day, hanging with trisha and josie
dislikes — the way people are afraid of the fears, pierced eyebrows
quote — "the only thing to fear is fear itself."
JADE FELDMAN:
likes — cheerleading, expensive clothes, working out
remembers — ice cream and gab fests with dana
dislikes — cheerleading captains, ghosts, sat prep courses
quote — "you get what you pay for."
GARY FRESNO:
likes — hanging out by the bleachers, art class, gym
remembers — cruising down division street with the guys,
dislikes — his beat up civic, working after school every day, cops
quote — "don't judge a book by it's cover."
KENNY KLEIN:
likes — jade feldman, chemistry, latin, baseball
remembers — the first time he beat marla newman in a debate, junior prom with jade
dislikes — nine year olds who like to torture camp counselors, cafeteria food
quote — "look before you leap."
DEBRA LAKE:
likes — sensitive guys, tennis, clark's poems
remembers — baskeetball games, when clark painted her portrait
dislikes — possessive boyfriends and jealous girlfriends
quote — "i would do anything for you, but i won't do that."
STACY MALCOLM:
likes — sports, funky hats, shopping
remembers — running laps with mary, stuffing our faces at pete's, mr. morley and rob
dislikes — psycho killers, stealing boyfriends
quote — "college, here i come!"
JOSH MAXWELL:
likes — debra lake, debra lake, debra lake
remembers — hanging out at the old mill, senior camp out, coach's pep talks
dislikes — funeral homes, driving his parents' car, tomato juice
quote — "sometimes you don't realize the truth until it hits you right in the neck."
JOSIE MAXWELL:
likes — black clothes, black nail polish, black lipstick, photography
remembers — trish's first senior party, the memorial wall
dislikes — algebra, evil spirits (including marla newman), being compared to her stepbrother josh
quote — "the past isn't always the past — sometimes it's the future."
MICKEY MEYERS:
likes — jamming with the band, partying, hot girls
remembers — swimming in fear lake, the storm, his first gig at the underground
dislikes — dweebs, studying, girls who diet, station wagons
quote — "shadyside high rules!"
MARLA NEWMAN:
likes — writing, cool clothes, being a redhead
remembers — yearbook deadlines, competing with kenny klein, when josie put a spell on me (ha ha)
dislikes — girls who wear all black, guys with long hair, the dark arts
quote — "the power is divided when the circle is not round."
MARY O'CONNOR:
likes — running, ripped jeans, hair spray
remembers — not being invited to trisha's party, rat poison
dislikes — social studies, rich girls, cliques
quote — "just say no."
DANA PALMER:
likes — boys, boys, boys, cheerleading, short skirts
remembers — senior camp out with mickey, homecoming, the back seat
dislikes — private cheerleading performances, fire batons, sharing clothes
quote — "the bad twin always wins."
DEIDRE PALMER:
likes — mysterious guys, sharing clothes, old movies
remembers — the cabin in the fear street woods, sleepovers at jen's
dislikes — being a "good girl", sweat socks
quote — "what you see isn't always what you get."
WILL REYNOLDS:
likes — the turner family, clubbing, playing guitar
remembers — the first time clarissa saw him without his dreads, our booth at pete's
dislikes — lite fm, the clinic, lilacs
quote — "i get knocked down, but i get up again..."
TY SULLIVAN:
likes — cheerleaders, waitresses, fears, psychics, brains, football
remembers — the graveyard with you know who, kenny klein's lucky shot
dislikes — painting fences, valentine's day
quote — "the more the merrier."
CLARISSA TURNER:
likes — art, music, talking on the phone
remembers — shopping with debra, her first day back to school, eating pizza with will
dislikes — mira block
quote — "real friendship never dies."
MATTY WINGER:
likes — computers, video games, star trek
remembers — the murder game (good one, trisha)
dislikes — people who can't take a joke, finding clark's cape with josh
quote — "don't worry, be happy."
PHOEBE YAMURA:
likes — cheerleading, gymnastics, big crowds
remembers — that awesome game against waynesbridge, senior trip, tailgate parties
dislikes — when people don't give it their all, liars, vans
quote — "today is the first day of the rest of our lives."
***stacey, will, clarissa, and phoebe are poc, being depicted in their images as black (stacey, will, clarissa) and asian (phoebe).
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hi i have a little 18th century german boy oc and u r the only german person ik . i want to strike a deal . if u suggest German names i will give u cat pictures
A lil 18th century German oc? Oh boy oh boy those dudes had terrible names like Gerhard, Eberhard, Reinhard…lots of hard huh…
But here are a few German names (also a bit Nordic, cuz I’m a bitch living in the north and c’mon Hanse <33) which I believe to be rather timeless and free of the grandpa stamp:
-Hans
-Erik (also Eric)
-Anton
-Till
-Emil
-Mats
-Fiete
-Lars / Lasse
-Konrad (also Conrad)
-Fred
-Moritz
-Jannik (also Jannick, Yannic, Yannik, Yannick…)
-Gustaf (also Gustav)
-Arne
-Phillip (also Fillip)
-Finn
-Jakob
-Jan
-Nils
-Julius
(Not me searching through my followers on insta to look up my classmate’s names…👹)
Those would be a few that come to mind when I think of timeless names that guys had in the 18th century and today. When we think about 18th century people specifically, I just think of writers and artists of that time, like:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (<3) and his boyfriend
Friedrich Schiller,
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing,
Joseph von Eichendorff (<3),
Caspar David Friedrich (<3),
Heinrich Reinhold…etc. etc…
As most last names, Germany’s last names are an indicator for the occupation someone had (unless there’s a von, that means they’re nObLe), here are some examples:
-Schmidt
-Weber (hehe)
-Bauer
-Müller / Möller
-Koch
-Schneider
-Fischer
-Meier/Meyer
-Wagner
-Becker
-Hoffmann
-Schäfer
-Wolf
-Neumann
-Zimmermann
-Krüger
-Köhler
Etc. etc….
NOW GIVE ME THE CAT PICS 🔫
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