Illustrations of German Poetry, Vol. 2 of 2: With Notes, &c (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Dramatic Specimens.

Ye grottos, and ye never-failing showers
Distilled from fountains cool, and thou, sole voice
Of this lone vale, sweet Echo! - to my lay
Vocal no more ah, fare ye well for aye!

Haunts of my heart-felt joy, serene and deep,
I leave you, never never to return.
Roam as ye list, my lambs, o'er craggy steep
Scattered abroad, by moor or marshy bourn -
For ye are shepherdless. Far other sheep
Have I to feed, on war-field wild and stern.
Lo !tis gone forth; the heavenly call I feel -
No earthly longing - no vain-glorious zeal.

He, who in Horeb from the bush of flame
To Moses spake, and bade him boldly stand
In Pharaoh's shepherd - He whose spirit came
O'er Jesse's shepherd boy, teaching his hand
To battle - who salvation did proclaim
To lowly shepherds still - with like command

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