Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Germany: Vols. XVII–XVIII. 1876–79. | | | | Lützen | | Battle-song of Gustavus Adolphus | | King Gustavus Adolphus (1594–1632) |
| | Translated by Elizabeth Charles
BE not dismayed, thou little flock, | |
| Although the foe’s fierce battle-shock, | |
| Loud on all sides, assail thee. | |
| Though o’er thy fall they laugh secure, | |
| Their triumph cannot long endure; | 5 |
| Let not thy courage fail thee. | |
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| Thy cause is God’s,—go at his call, | |
| And to his hand commit thy all; | |
| Fear thou no ill impending: | |
| His Gideon shall arise for thee, | 10 |
| God’s Word and people manfully, | |
| In God’s own time, defending. | |
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| Our hope is sure in Jesus’ might; | |
| Against themselves the godless fight, | |
| Themselves, not us, distressing; | 15 |
| Shame and contempt their lot shall be; | |
| God is with us, with him are we: | |
| To us belongs his blessing. | | | | |
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