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Title: The Trumpeter of Saekkingen
A Song from the Upper Rhine.

Author: Joseph Victor von Scheffel

Translator: Francis Bruennow

Release Date: February 18, 2010 [EBook #31314]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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Transcriber's notes:
1. This book is derived from the Web Archive,
http://www.archive.org/details/trumpeterskking00schegoog.

2. The oe diphthong is represented by [oe].

THE TRUMPETER OF SAeKKINGEN.

THE

THE TRUMPETER OF SAeKKINGEN

A Song from the Upper Rhine.

BY

JOSEPH VICTOR VON SCHEFFEL.

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY

MRS. FRANCIS BRUeNNOW.

_Translation authorised by the Poet._

London:
CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193, PICCADILLY.
NEW YORK: SCRIBNER, ARMSTRONG, & CO.
1877.

CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS.
CRYSTAL PALACE PRESS.

O Song, at home well known to fame,
That German hearts hath deeply stirred
And long hath made of Scheffel's name
A dear and honoured household word,

Go forth in thy first foreign dress,
Go forth to Albion's noble land!
Will she not greetings kind express,
And warmly clasp the stranger's hand?

The Emerald Isle will surely give
A welcome neither cold nor faint;
For on thy pages still doth live
The name of Erin's ancient Saint.

Across the sea my country's shores
As Hope's bright star before me rise;
Will she not open wide her doors
To one who on her heart relies?

Farewell, oh work of vanished hours;