| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882). Complete Poetical Works. 1893. | | | | Appendix | II. Unacknowledged and Uncollected Translations.
Song of the Rhine |
| | | FORTH rolled the Rhine-stream strong and deep | |
| Beneath Helvetia’s Alpine steep, | |
| And joined in youthful company | |
| Its fellow-travellers to the sea. | |
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| In Germany embraced the Rhine, | 5 |
| The Neckar, the Mosel, the Lahn, and the Main, | |
| And strengthened by each rushing tide, | |
| Onward he marched in kingly pride. | |
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| But soon from his enfeebled grasp | |
| The satraps of his power, | 10 |
| The current’s flowing veins unclasped— | |
| He moves in pride no more. | |
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| Forth the confederate waters broke | |
| On that rebellious day, | |
| And, bursting from their monarch’s yoke, | 15 |
| Each chose a separate way. | |
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| Wahl, Issel, Leck, and Wecht, all, all | |
| Flowed sidewards o’er the land, | |
| And a nameless brook, by Leyden’s wall, | |
| The Rhine sank in sand. | 20 | | | |
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