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Some seek for dissension; and trouble; and strife;

Like a dog and a cat live such man and wife。



Annie of Tharaw; such is not our love;

Thou art my lambkin; my chick; and my dove。



Whate'er my desire is; in thine may be seen;

I am king of the household; and thou art its queen。



It is this; O my Annie; my heart's sweetest rest;

That makes of us twain but one soul in one breast。



This turns to a heaven the hut where we dwell;

While wrangling soon changes a home to a hell。







THE STATUE OVER THE CATHEDRAL DOOR



BY JULIUS MOSEN



Forms of saints and kings are standing

  The cathedral door above;

Yet I saw but one among them

  Who hath soothed my soul with love。



In his mantle;wound about him;

  As their robes the sowers wind;

Bore he swallows and their fledglings;

  Flowers and weeds of every kind。



And so stands he calm and childlike;

  High in wind and tempest wild;

O; were I like him exalted;

  I would be like him; a child!



And my songs;green leaves and blossoms;

  To the doors of heaven would hear;

Calling even in storm and tempest;

  Round me still these birds of air。







THE LEGEND OF THE CROSSBILL



BY JULIUS MOSEN



On the cross the dying Saviour

  Heavenward lifts his eyelids calm;

Feels; but scarcely feels; a trembling

  In his pierced and bleeding palm。



And by all the world forsaken;

  Sees he how with zealous care

At the ruthless nail of iron

  A little bird is striving there。



Stained with blood and never tiring;

  With its beak it doth not cease;

From the cross 't would free the Saviour;

  Its Creator's Son release。



And the Saviour speaks in mildness:

  〃Blest be thou of all the good!

Bear; as token of this moment;

  Marks of blood and holy rood!〃



And that bird is called the crossbill;

  Covered all with blood so clear;

In the groves of pine it singeth

  Songs; like legends; strange to hear。







THE SEA HATH ITS PEARLS



BY HEINRICH HEINE



The sea hath its pearls;

  The heaven hath its stars;

But my heart; my heart;

  My heart hath its love。



Great are the sea and the heaven;

  Yet greater is my heart;

And fairer than pearls and stars

  Flashes and beams my love。



Thou little; youthful maiden;

  Come unto my great heart;

My heart; and the sea; and the heaven

  Are melting away with love!







POETIC APHORISMS



FROM THE SINNGEDICHTE OF FRIEDRICH VON LOGAU



MONEY



Whereunto is money good?

Who has it not wants hardihood;

Who has it has much trouble and care;

Who once has had it has despair。





THE BEST MEDICINES



Joy and Temperance and Repose

Slam the door on the doctor's nose。





SIN



Man…like is it to fall into sin;

Fiend…like is it to dwell therein;

Christ…like is it for sin to grieve;

God…like is it all sin to leave。





POVERTY AND BLINDNESS



A blind man is a poor man; and blind a poor man is;

For the former seeth no man; and the latter no man sees。





LAW OF LIFE



Live I; so live I;

To my Lord heartily;

To my Prince faithfully;

To my Neighbor honestly。

Die I; so die I。





CREEDS



Lutheran; Popish; Calvinistic; all these creeds and doctrines

three

Extant are; but still the doubt is; where Christianity may be。





THE RESTLESS HEART



A millstone and the human heart are driven ever round;

If they have nothing else to grind; they must themselves be

ground。





CHRISTIAN LOVE



Whilom Love was like a tire; and warmth and comfort it bespoke;

But; alas! it now is quenched; and only bites us; like the smoke。





ART AND TACT



Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined;

Often in a wooden house a golden room we find。





RETRIBUTION



Though the mills of God grind slowly; yet they grind exceeding

small;

Though with patience he stands waiting; with exactness grinds he

all。





TRUTH



When by night the frogs are croaking; kindle but a torch's fire;

Ha! how soon they all are silent!  Thus Truth silences the liar。





RHYMES



If perhaps these rhymes of mine should sound not well in

strangers' ears;

They have only to bethink them that it happens so with theirs;

For so long as words; like mortals; call a fatherland their own;

They will be most highly valued where they are best and longest

known。





SILENT LOVE



Who love would seek;

  Let him love evermore

And seldom speak;

  For in love's domain

  Silence must reign;

Or it brings the heart

  Smart

    And pain。







BLESSED ARE THE DEAD



BY SIMON DACH



Oh; how blest are ye whose toils are ended!

Who; through death; have unto God ascended!

Ye have arisen

From the cares which keep us still in prison。



We are still as in a dungeon living;

Still oppressed with sorrow and misgiving;

Our undertakings

Are but toils; and troubles; and heart…breakings。



Ye meanwhile; are in your chambers sleeping;

Quiet; and set free from all our weeping;

No cross nor trial

Hinders your enjoyments with denial。



Christ has wiped away your tears for ever;

Ye have that for which we still endeavor。

To you are chanted

Songs which yet no mortal ear have haunted。



Ah! who would not; then; depart with gladness;

To inherit heaven for earthly sadness?

Who here would languish

Longer in bewailing and in anguish?



Come; O Christ; and loose the chains that bind us!

Lead us forth; and cast this world behind us!

With Thee; the Anointed;

Finds the soul its joy and rest appointed。









WANDERER'S NIGHT…SONGS



BY JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE



I



Thou that from the heavens art;

Every pain and sorrow stillest;

And the doubly wretched heart

Doubly with refreshment fillest;

I am weary with contending!

Why this rapture and unrest?

Peace descending

Come; ah; come into my breast!





II



O'er all the hill…tops

Is quiet now;

In all the tree…tops

Hearest thou

Hardly a breath;

The birds are asleep in the trees:

Wait; soon like these

Thou too shalt rest。







REMORSE



BY AUGUST VON PLATEN



How I started up in the night; in the night;

  Drawn on without rest or reprieval!

The streets; with their watchmen; were lost to my sight;

  As I wandered so light

  In the night; in the night;

Through the gate with the arch mediaeval。



The mill…brook rushed from the rocky height;

  I leaned o'er the bridge in my yearning;

Deep under me watched I the waves in their flight;

  As they glided so light

  In the night; in the night;

Yet backward not one was returning。



O'erhead were revolving; so countless and bright;

  The stars in melodious existence;

And with them the moon; more serenely bedight;

  They sparkled so light

  In the night; in the night;

Through the magical; measureless distance。



And upward I gazed in the night; in the night;

  And again on the waves in their fleeting;

Ah woe! thou hast wasted thy days in delight;

  Now silence thou light;

  In the night; in the night;

The remorse in thy heart that is beating。







FORSAKEN。



Something the heart must have to cherish;

  Must love and joy and sorrow learn;

Something with passion clasp or perish;

  And in itself to ashes burn。



So to this child my heart is clinging;

  And its frank eyes; with look intense;

Me from a world of sin are bringing

  Back to a world of innocence。



Disdain must thou endure forever;

  Strong may thy heart in danger be!

Thou shalt not fail! but ah; be never

  False as thy father was to me。



Never will I forsake thee; faithless;

  And thou thy mother ne'er forsake;

Until her lips are white and breathless;

  Until in death her eyes shall break。







ALLAH



BY SIEGFRIED AUGUST MAHLMANN



Allah gives light in darkness;

  Allah gives rest in pain;

Cheeks that are white with weeping

  Allah paints red again。



The flowers and the blossoms wither;

 Years vanish with flying fleet;

But my heart will live on forever;

  That here in sadness beat。



Gladly to Allah's dwelling

  Yonder would I take flight;

There will the darkness vanish;

  There will my eyes have sight。





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FROM THE ANGLO…SAXON



THE GRAVE



For thee was a house built

Ere thou wast born;

For thee was a mould meant

Ere thou of mother camest。

But it is not made ready;

Nor its depth measured;

Nor is it seen

How long it shall be。

Now I bring thee

Where thou shalt be;

Now I shall measure thee;

And the mould afterwards。



  Thy house is not

Highly timbered;

It is unhigh and low;

When thou art therein;

The heel…ways are low;

The side…ways unhigh。

The roof is built

Thy breast full nigh;

So thou shalt in mould

Dwell full cold;

Dimly and dark。



  Doorless is that house;

And dark it is within;

There thou art fast detained

And Death hath the key。

Loathsome is that earth…house;

And grim within to dwell。

There thou shalt dwell;

And worms shall divide thee。

  Thus thou art laid;



And leavest thy friends

Thou hast no friend;

Who will come to thee;

Who will ever see

How that house pleaseth thee;

Who will ever open

The door for thee;

And descend after thee;

For soon thou art loathsome

And hateful to see。







BEOWULF'S EXPEDITION TO HEORT。



Thus then; much care…worn;

The son of Healfden

Sorrowed evermore;

Nor might the prudent hero

His woes avert。

The war was too hard;

Too loath and longsome;

That on the people came;

Dire wrath and grim;

Of night…woes the worst。

This from home heard

Higelac's Thane;

Good among the Goths;

Grendel's deeds。

He was of mankind

In might the strongest;

At that day

Of this life;

Noble and stalwart。

He bade hi

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