Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Germany: Vols. XVII–XVIII. 1876–79. | | | | Introductory | | The German’s Native Land | | Anonymous |
| | Translated by C. T. Brooks
KNOW ye the land where, tall and green, | |
| The ancient forest-oaks are seen? | |
| Where the old Rhine-waves sounding run | |
| Through vineyards gleaming in the sun?— | |
| We know the lovely land full well; | 5 |
| ’T is where the free-souled Germans dwell. | |
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| Know ye the land where truth is told, | |
| Where word of man is good as gold? | |
| The honest land where love and truth | |
| Bloom on in everlasting youth?— | 10 |
| We know that honest land full well; | |
| ’T is where the free-souled Germans dwell. | |
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| Know ye the land where each vile song | |
| Is banished from the jovial throng? | |
| The sacred land where, free from art, | 15 |
| Religion sways the simple heart?— | |
| We know that sacred land full well; | |
| ’T is where the free-souled Germans dwell. | | | | |
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