From the German by James Clarence Mangan

  RIVER! my river in the young sunshine!
    Oh, clasp afresh in thine embrace
  This longing, burning frame of mine,
    And kiss my breast, and kiss my face!
  So—there!—Ha, ha!—already in thine arms!
    I feel thy love—I shout—I shiver;
But thou outlaughest loud a flouting song, proud river,...