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Title: Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900 Mabie, Hamilton Wright, 1846-1916 Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert, 1844- Warner, George H., 1883-1919
Subjects: Literature Literature
Publisher: New York : International Society
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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15192 JOHANN LUDWIG UHLAND

THE MOUNTAIN BOY

THE shepherd of the Alps am I;
The castles far beneath me lie ;
Here first the ruddy sunlight gleams,
Here linger last the parting beams.
The mountain boy am I!

Here is the river's fountain-head, —
I drink it from its stony bed;
As forth it leaps with joyous shout,
I seize it ere it gushes out.
The mountain boy am I!

The mountain is my own domain:
It calls its storms from sea and plain;
From north to south they howl afar;
My voice is heard amid their war.
The mountain boy am I!

The lightnings far beneath me lie;
High stand I here in clear blue sky;
I know them, and to them I call,
In quiet leave my father's hall."
The mountain boy am I!

And when the tocsin sounds alarms.
And mountain bale-fires call to arms.
Then I descend,— I join my king,
My sword I wave, my lay I sing.
The mountain boy am I!

Anonymous Translation in Longfellow's ' Poets and Poetry of Europe.'

THE CASTLE BY THE SEA

" HAST thou seen that lordly castle,
TThat castle by the sea ?
Golden and red above it
The clouds float gorgeously.

" And fain it would stoop downward
To the mirrored wave below;
" And fain it would soar upward
To the evenings crimson glow." —

JOHANN LUDWIG UHLAND

THE CASTLE BY THE SEA.
Photogravure from a painting by Von Hafften.
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JOHANN LUDWIG UHLAND 15193

"Well have I seen that castle,
That castle by the sea,
And the moon above it standing.
And the mist rise solemnly." —

" The winds and the waves of ocean,
Had they a merry chime ?
Didst thou hear, from those lofty chambers,
The harp and the minstrels rhyme?" —

" The winds and the waves of ocean.
They rested quietly;
But I heard on the gale a sound of wail,
And tears came to mine eye." —

"And sawest thou on the turrets
The king and his royal bride,
And the wave of their crimson mantles,
And the golden crown of pride ?

" Led they not forth, in rapture,
A beauteous maiden there.
Resplendent as the morning sun.
Beaming with golden hair?" —

" Well saw I the ancient parents.
Without the crown of pride:
They were moving slow, in weeds of woe;
No maiden was by their side!"

Translation of H. W. Longfellow.

THE PASSAGE

MANY a year is in its grave.
Since I crossed this restless wave;
And the evening, fair as ever,
Shines on nuin, rock, and river.

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