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Atta Troll, and Other Poems, Tr. by T.s. Egan
Atta Troll and Other Poems Tr by Ts Egan Author:Heinrich Heine General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1876 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: MOUNTAIN ECHO. In silent trot a horseman rides, The pensive fir-trees wave : "Ah, find I at last my true love's arms, Or find I the dreary grave ? " The mountains answer gave : " The dreary grave ! " And onwards still the horseman rides, And riding deeply sighs: " What though I come to the grave so soon, There's peace for him who dies." The mountain voice replies: "For him who diesl" The rider's cheek there trickles down, A tear of piteous woe : "And if there is peace in the grave alone, "Tis well in the grave below." The Echo answers low : " The grave below!" THE GRENADIERS. To France were hasting two grenadiers, From Russian fetters returning. And when they came upon German soil, In shame their faces were burning. For then they heard the sorrowful news : That the might of France had been shaken, Beaten and routed her vast array, -- And the Emp'ror, the Emperor taken. Then mourned together the grenadiers Over the pitiful story. The one exclaimed : " O woe is me, How burn the wounds of my glory ! " The other said: " The game is done, With thee I would fain be dying, But I have wife and child at home, On me for life relying." - " What's wife to me, what's child to me, Far better desires awaken ; They can go beg, if in want of bread, -- My Emp'ror, my Emperor taken ! " Accord me, brother, but one request; When me with the dead they number, Then bear my body with thee to France, In France I would gladly slumber. " Cross with red ribbon place on my heart As in life with honour I wore it; The musket also put in my hand, The sword gird on as I bore...« less