Friedrich Schiller was a German philosopher and poet who also worked as a historian and physician. He’s best known for his plays and philosophical writings. He is considered by many Germans to be the country’s most important classical playwright. His poems include The Robbers, Don Carlos, and Intrigue and Love. Read more of Friedrich Schiller’s Biography.
‘Evening’ by Friedrich Schiller contains a speaker’s plea to Apollo that he allow the sun to set and rest, and love to descend.
Oh! thou bright-beaming god, the plains are thirsting,
Thirsting for freshening dew, and man is pining;
Wearily move on thy horses--
Let, then, thy chariot descend!
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