Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Germany: Vols. XVII–XVIII. 1876–79. | | | | Introductory | | Germany | | Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| | (From Don Juan)
FROM Poland they came on through Prussia Proper, | |
| And Konigsberg the capital, whose vaunt, | |
| Besides some veins of iron, lead, or copper, | |
| Has lately been the great Professor Kant. | |
| Juan, who cared not a tobacco-stopper | 5 |
| About philosophy, pursued his jaunt | |
| To Germany, whose somewhat tardy millions | |
| Have princes, who spur more than their postilions. | |
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| And thence through Berlin, Dresden, and the like, | |
| Until he reached the castellated Rhine;— | 10 |
| Ye glorious Gothic scenes! how much ye strike | |
| All phantasies, not even excepting mine: | |
| A gray wall, a green ruin, rusty pike, | |
| Make my soul pass the equinoctial line | |
| Between the present and past worlds, and hover | 15 |
| Upon their airy confine, half-seas-over. | | | | |
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