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   Thy murky sky!

Then champions to thine arms were sent;

Terror and Death glared where he went;

From the waves was heard a wail; that

    rent

   Thy murky sky!

From Denmark; thunders Tordenskiol';

Let each to Heaven commend his soul;

    And fly!



Path of the Dane to fame and might!

   Dark…rolling wave!

Receive thy friend; who; scorning flight

Goes to meet danger with despite;

Proudly as thou the tempest's might

   Dark…rolling wave!

And amid pleasures and alarm;

And war and victory; be thine arms

   My grave!







THE ELECTED KNIGHT

                     

Sir Oluf he rideth over the plain;

  Full seven miles broad and seven miles wide;

But never; ah never can meet with the man

 A tilt with him dare ride。



He saw under the hillside

 A Knight full well equipped;

His steed was black; his helm was barred;

  He was riding at full speed。



He wore upon his spurs

  Twelve little golden birds;

Anon he spurred his steed with a clang;

  And there sat all the birds and sang。



He wore upon his mail

  Twelve little golden wheels;

Anon in eddies the wild wind blew;

  And round and round the wheels they flew。



He wore before his breast

  A lance that was poised in rest;

And it was sharper than diamond…stone;

  It made Sir Oluf's heart to groan。



He wore upon his helm

  A wreath of ruddy gold;

And that gave him the Maidens Three;

  The youngest was fair to behold。



Sir Oluf questioned the Knight eftsoon

 If he were come from heaven down;

〃Art thou Christ of Heaven;〃 quoth he;

 〃So will I yield me unto thee。〃



〃I am not Christ the Great;

 Thou shalt not yield thee yet;

I am an Unknown Knight;

  Three modest Maidens have me bedight。〃



〃Art thou a Knight elected;

  And have three Maidens thee bedight

So shalt thou ride a tilt this day;

  For all the Maidens' honor!〃



The first tilt they together rode

  They put their steeds to the test;

The second tilt they together rode;

  They proved their manhood best。



The third tilt they together rode;

  Neither of them would yield;

The fourth tilt they together rode;

  They both fell on the field。



Now lie the lords upon the plain;

  And their blood runs unto death;

Now sit the Maidens in the high tower;

  The youngest sorrows till death。







CHILDHOOD



BY JENS IMMANUEL BAGGESEN



There was a time when I was very small;

  When my whole frame was but an ell in height;

Sweetly; as I recall it; tears do fall;

  And therefore I recall it with delight。



I sported in my tender mother's arms;

  And rode a…horseback on best father's knee;

Alike were sorrows; passions and alarms;

  And gold; and Greek; and love; unknown to me;



Then seemed to me this world far less in size;

  Likewise it seemed to me less wicked far;

Like points in heaven; I saw the stars arise;

  And longed for wings that I might catch a star。



I saw the moon behind the island fade;

  And thought; 〃Oh; were I on that island there;

I could find out of what the moon is made;

  Find out how large it is; how round; how fair!〃



Wondering; I saw God's sun; through western skies;

  Sink in the ocean's golden lap at night;

And yet upon the morrow early rise;

  And paint the eastern heaven with crimson light;



And thought of God; the gracious Heavenly Father;

  Who made me; and that lovely sun on high;

And all those pearls of heaven thick…strung together;

  Dropped; clustering; from his hand o'er all the sky。



With childish reverence; my young lips did say

  The prayer my pious mother taught to me:

〃O gentle God! oh; let me strive alway

  Still to be wise; and good; and follow Thee!〃



So prayed I for my father and my mother;

  And for my sister; and for all the town;

The king I knew not; and the beggar…brother;

  Who; bent with age; went; sighing; up and down。



They perished; the blithe days of boyhood perished;

  And all the gladness; all the peace I knew!

Now have I but their memory; fondly cherished;

  God! may I never lose that too!









FROM THE GERMAN

   THE HAPPIEST LAND

                        

There sat one day in quiet;

  By an alehouse on the Rhine;

Four hale and hearty fellows;

  And drank the precious wine。



The landlord's daughter filled their cups;

  Around the rustic board

Then sat they all so calm and still;

  And spake not one rude word。



But; when the maid departed;

  A Swabian raised his hand;

And cried; all hot and flushed with wine;

  〃Long live the Swabian land!



〃The greatest kingdom upon earth

  Cannot with that compare

With all the stout and hardy men

  And the nut…brown maidens there。



〃Ha!〃 cried a Saxon; laughing;

  And dashed his heard with wine;

〃I had rather live in Laplaud;

  Than that Swabian land of thine!



〃The goodliest land on all this earth;

  It is the Saxon land

There have I as many maidens

  As fingers on this hand!〃



〃Hold your tongues! both Swabian 

     and Saxon!〃

  A bold Bohemian cries;

〃If there's a heaven upon this earth;

  In Bohemia it lies。



〃There the tailor blows the flute;

  And the cobbler blows the horn;

And the miner blows the bugle;

  Over mountain gorge and bourn。〃

。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。

And then the landlord's daughter

 Up to heaven raised her hand;

And said; 〃Ye may no more contend;

 There lies the happiest land!〃

                            





THE WAVE



BY CHRISTOPH AUGUST TIEDGE



  〃Whither; thou turbid wave?

Whither; with so much haste;

As if a thief wert thou?〃

   

  〃I am the Wave of Life;

Stained with my margin's dust;

From the struggle and the strife

Of the narrow stream I fly

To the Sea's immensity;

To wash from me the slime

Of the muddy banks of Time。〃





                            

THE DEAD



BY ERNST STOCKMANN



   How they so softly rest;

   All they the holy ones;

   Unto whose dwelling…place

   Now doth my soul draw near!

   How they so softly rest;

   All in their silent graves;

   Deep to corruption

   Slowly don…sinking!



   And they no longer weep;

   Here; where complaint is still!

   And they no longer feel;

   Here; where all gladness flies!

   And; by the cypresses

   Softly o'ershadowed

   Until the Angel

   Calls them; they slumber!







THE BIRD AND THE SHIP



BY WILHELM MULLER



 〃The rivers rush into the sea;

 By castle and town they go;

The winds behind them merrily

 Their noisy trumpets blow。



 〃The clouds are passing far and high;

 We little birds in them play;

And everything; that can sing and fly;

 Goes with us; and far away。

 

 〃I greet thee; bonny boat! Whither;

    or whence;

 With thy fluttering golden band?〃

 〃I greet thee; little bird! To the wide sea

 I haste from the narrow land。



 〃Full and swollen is every sail;

 I see no longer a hill;

I have trusted all to the sounding gale;

 And it will not let me stand still。



 〃And wilt thou; little bird; go with us?

 Thou mayest stand on the mainmast tall;

For full to sinking is my house

 With merry companions all。〃



 〃I need not and seek not company;

 Bonny boat; I can sing all alone;

For the mainmast tall too heavy am I;

 Bonny boat; I have wings of my own。



〃High over the sails; high over the mast;

 Who shall gainsay these joys?

When thy merry companions are still; at last;

 Thou shalt hear the sound of my voice。



 〃Who neither may rest; nor listen may;

  God bless them every one!

I dart away; in the bright blue day;

 And the golden fields of the sun。



〃Thus do I sing my merry song;

 Wherever the four winds blow;

And this same song; my whole life long;

 Neither Poet nor Printer may know。'







WHITHER?



BY WILHELM MULLER



  I heard a brooklet gushing

   From its rocky fountain near;

Down into the valley rushing;

   So fresh and wondrous clear。



  I  know not what came o'er me;

   Nor who the counsel gave;

  But I must hasten downward;

   All with my pilgrim…stave;



Downward; and ever farther;

   And ever the brook beside;

And ever fresher murmured;

 And ever clearer; the tide。



Is this the way I was going?

 Whither; O brooklet; say I

Thou hast; with thy soft murmur;

 Murmured my senses away。



What do I say of a murmur?

 That can no murmur be;

'T is the water…nymphs; tbat are singing

 Their roundelays under me。



Let them sing; my friend; let them murmur;

  And wander merrily near;

The wheels of a mill are going

 In every brooklet clear。







BEWARE!



(HUT DU DICH!)



I know a maiden fair to see;

   Take care!

She  can both false and friendly be;

   Beware! Beware!

   Trust her not;

She is fooling thee!



She  has two eyes; so soft and brown;

   Take care!

She  gives a side…glance and looks down;

   Beware! Beware!

   Trust her not;

She is fooling thee!



And she has hair of a golden hue;

   Take care!

And  what she says; it is not true;

   Beware! Beware!

   Trust her not;

She is fooling thee!



She  has a bosom as white as snow;

   Take care!

She knows how much it is best to show;

   Beware! Beware!

   Trust her not;

She is fooling thee!



She  gives thee a garland woven fair;

   Take care!

It is a fool's…cap for thee to wear;

   Beware! Beware!

   Trust her not;

She is fooling thee!

              





SONG OF THE BELL



Bell! thou soundest merrily;

When the bridal party

  To the church doth hie!

Bell! thou soundest solemnly。

When; on Sabbath morning;

  Fields deserted lie!



Bell! thou soundest merrily;

Tellest thou at evening;

  Bed…time draweth nigh!

Bell! thou soundest mournfully。

Tellest thou the bitter

  Parting hath gone by!



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