Music arose with its voluptuous swell,

Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell;

But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell !

Did ye not hear it?

No; 'twas but the wind,

Or the car rattling o'er the stony street;

On with the dance! let joy be unconfined;

No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet
To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet.
But Hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more,
As if the clouds its echo would repeat;

And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before!

Arm! arm! it is—it is the cannon's opening

roar!

Lord Byron.

GERMANY

Deutsche Worte hör' ich wieder -
Sei gegrüßt mit Herz und Hand.
Land der Freude, Land der Lieder,
Schönes, heit'res Vaterland!

Fröhlich kehr' ich nun zurück,

Deutschland, du mein Trost, mein Glück!

H. von Fallersleben.

Let others therefore goe according to their affections whither they list, let them travell into England, remaine and dye in Italy, let them waxe tawnie in Portingall, and be dyed with the Sunne and soile of Spaine, let them travell into France, saile into Scotland, and let others again goe to other places; for mine owne part I have resolved that I will never alter my opinion, but will ever thinke that the travell of Germany is to be preferred before all others.

Coryat.

Des Deutschen Vaterland

Was ist des Deutschen Vaterland?
Ist's Preußenland? Ist's Schwabenland?
Ist's, wo am Rhein die Rebe blüht?
Jst's, wo am Belt die Möwe zieht?
O nein, nein, nein!

Sein Vaterland muß größer sein!

Was ist des Deutschen Vaterland?
Ist's Baierland? Ist's Steierland?
Ist's, wo des Marsen Rind sich streckt?
Jst's, wo der Märker Eisen reckt?
Onein, nein, nein!

Sein Vaterland muß größer sein!

Was ist des Deutschen Vaterland?
Jst's Pommerland? Westfalenland?
Ist's, wo der Sand der Dünen weht?
Ist's, wo die Donau brausend geht?
Onein, nein, nein!

Sein Vaterland muß größer sein!

Was ist des Deutschen Vaterland?
So nenne mir das große Land!

Ist's Land der Schweizer? Ist's Tyrol?
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The German Fatherland

WHICH is the German's fatherland?

Is't Prussia's or Swabia's land?

Is't where the Rhine's rich vintage streams?
Or where the Northern sea-gull screams?
Ah, no, no, no!

His fatherland's not bounded so!

Which is the German's fatherland?
Bavaria's or Styria's land?

Is't where the Marsian ox unbends?
Or where the Marksman iron rends?
Ah, no, no, no!

His fatherland's not bounded so!

Which is the German's fatherland?
Pomerania's or Westphalia's land?
Is it where sweep the Dunian waves?
Or where the thundering Danube raves?
Ah, no, no, no!

His fatherland's not bounded so!

Which is the German's fatherland?
O, tell me now the famous land!
Is't Tyrol, or the land of Tell?