Poems by August von Platen (24 October 1796 - 5 December 1835)

The Grave in the Busento
The Passage of the Poles by Night near Cracow

August von Platen is a German poet, whose original name was August Graf von Platen-Hallermunde. His odes and sonnets are in language and metre so artistically finished as to rank among the best classical poems of modern times.