s ▁– ▁November ▁ 4 , ▁ 1 7 8 1 ▁in ▁Winter burg ▁near ▁Bad ▁Kreuz nach ) ▁was ▁a ▁German ▁poet ▁from ▁W orm s . ▁ ▁Biography ▁He ▁studied ▁the ology ▁at ▁Halle ▁( 1 7 3 9 – 1 7 4 2 ), ▁where ▁he ▁became ▁int imate ▁with ▁the ▁po ets ▁Johann ▁W . ▁L . ▁G le im ▁and ▁Johann ▁Peter ▁U z , ▁acted ▁for ▁some ▁years ▁as ▁military ▁chap lain , ▁and ▁afterwards ▁filled ▁various ▁other ▁ecc les iast ical ▁offices . ▁He ▁died ▁at ▁Winter burg . ▁ ▁Works ▁ ▁The ▁writ ings ▁of ▁G öt z ▁consist ▁of ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁short ▁lyr ics ▁and ▁several ▁transl ations , ▁of ▁which ▁a ▁rendering ▁of ▁An acre on ▁is ▁notable . ▁His ▁original ▁compos itions ▁are ▁light , ▁l ively ▁and ▁spark ling , ▁and ▁are ▁animated ▁rather ▁by ▁French ▁wit ▁than ▁by ▁German ▁depth ▁of ▁sentiment . ▁The ▁best ▁known ▁of ▁his ▁po ems ▁is ▁Die ▁M äd chen ins el , ▁an ▁eleg y ▁which ▁met ▁with ▁the ▁warm ▁appro val ▁of ▁Frederick ▁the ▁Great . ▁ ▁Other ▁works ▁were ▁Th am ire ▁an ▁die ▁Rosen ▁and ▁An ▁eine ▁Rom ans les er in . ▁ ▁G öt z ' s ▁Verm isch te ▁Ged ichte ▁were ▁published ▁with ▁bi ography ▁by ▁K . ▁W . ▁Ram ler ▁( M ann heim , ▁ 1 7 8 5 ; ▁new ▁ed ., ▁ 1 8 0 7 ), ▁and ▁a ▁collection ▁of