Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Germany: Vols. XVII–XVIII. 1876–79. | | | | Rhine, the River | | Rhineland | | George Browning (1813?–1878) |
| | | I LOVE that deep, dark river, | |
| The swiftly flowing Rhine; | |
| I love it for its legends, | |
| I love it for its wine; | |
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| I love it for its maidens | 5 |
| With neatly plaited hair, | |
| And merry sparkling lovelit eyes | |
| That seem to laugh at care. | |
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| I love it for its forests | |
| Of firs and silver pines, | 10 |
| Its mountains crowned with ruins, | |
| Its richly laden vines. | |
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| I love it for its true hearts | |
| United in one band, | |
| The band of love and brotherhood | 15 |
| That rules the Fatherland. | | | | |
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