This book is a collection of poems by Friedrich Schiller, a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life, Schiller had a productive, yet complicated, friendship with the already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The poems in this collection reflect Schiller's creativity, literary talent, and deep understanding of the human experience. Some of the titles to be found in this collection include 'Amalia', 'A Funeral Fantasie', 'Group from Tartarus', and 'To Minna'.

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788-1805), Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with the already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. They frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics, and Schiller encouraged Goethe to finish works he left as sketches. This relationship and these discussions led to a period now referred to as Weimar Classicism. They also worked together on Xenien, a collection of short satirical poems in which both Schiller and Goethe challenge opponents to their philosophical vision.