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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Germany: Vols. XVII–XVIII. 1876–79.

Lahneck, the Castle

The Salutation of a Spirit

By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)

HIGH on the castle’s ancient walls

The warrior’s shade appears,

Who to the bark that ’s passing calls,

And thus its passage cheers:

“Behold! these sinews once were strong;

This heart was firm and bold;

Mid war and glory, feast and song,

My earthly years were told.

“Restless through half of life I ran,

In half have sought for ease.

What then? Thou bark, that sail’st with man,

Haste, haste to cleave the seas!”