Task: Illustrate a comic for a poem of the Weimar Classicsim
Friedrich Schiller - "Der Taucher" (The Diver)
by Vanessa M.
"The Diver"
"What knight or what vassal will be so bold
As to plunge in the gulf below?
See! I hurl in its depths a goblet of gold,
Already the waters over it flow.
The man who can bring hack the goblet to me,
May keep it henceforward, - his own it shall be."
As to plunge in the gulf below?
See! I hurl in its depths a goblet of gold,
Already the waters over it flow.
The man who can bring hack the goblet to me,
May keep it henceforward, - his own it shall be."
"And who'll be so daring, - I ask it once more,
As to plunge in these billows that wildly roar?"
As to plunge in these billows that wildly roar?"
"Is there none that will dare in the gulf now to spring?"
( "I will dare in the gulf to spring!" )
"He lives! He is here! He is not the sea's prey!"
( "Daugther! Bring the wine" )
"Long life to the king! Let all those be glad
Who breathe in the light of the sky!
For below all is fearful, of moment sad;"
Who breathe in the light of the sky!
For below all is fearful, of moment sad;"
"In that terrible moment of need, -
A craggy reef in the gulf's dark side;
I seized it in haste, and from death was then freed."
A craggy reef in the gulf's dark side;
I seized it in haste, and from death was then freed."
"Thus shuddering methought - when a something crawled near,
And a hundred limbs it out-flung,
And at me it snapped; - in my mortal fear,
I left hold of the coral to which I had clung;
Then the whirlpool seized on me with maddened roar,
Yet 'twas well, for it brought me to light once more."
And a hundred limbs it out-flung,
And at me it snapped; - in my mortal fear,
I left hold of the coral to which I had clung;
Then the whirlpool seized on me with maddened roar,
Yet 'twas well, for it brought me to light once more."
"The cup is thine own,
And I purpose also to give thee this ring,
Adorned with a costly , a priceless stone,
If thou'lt try once again, and bring word to me
What thou saw'st in the nethermost depths of sea.''
And I purpose also to give thee this ring,
Adorned with a costly , a priceless stone,
If thou'lt try once again, and bring word to me
What thou saw'st in the nethermost depths of sea.''
"That fearful sport, father, attempt not too oft!
What none other would dare, he hath ventured for thee;
If thy heart's wild longings thou canst not tame,
Let the knights, if they can, put the squire to shame."
What none other would dare, he hath ventured for thee;
If thy heart's wild longings thou canst not tame,
Let the knights, if they can, put the squire to shame."
"When the goblet once more in my hands thou hast placed,
Thou shalt rank at my court as the noblest knight,
And her as a bride thou shalt clasp e'en today
Who for thee with tender compassion cloth pray."
Thou shalt rank at my court as the noblest knight,
And her as a bride thou shalt clasp e'en today
Who for thee with tender compassion cloth pray."
Then eager the precious guerdon to win,
For life or for death, lo! he plunges him in!
The breakers they hear, and the breakers return,
Proclaimed by a thundering sound;
They bend o'er the gulf with glances that yearn
And the waters are pouring in fast around;
Though upwards and downwards they rush and they rave,
The youth is brought back by no kindly wave.
For life or for death, lo! he plunges him in!
The breakers they hear, and the breakers return,
Proclaimed by a thundering sound;
They bend o'er the gulf with glances that yearn
And the waters are pouring in fast around;
Though upwards and downwards they rush and they rave,
The youth is brought back by no kindly wave.
