1. Ernst Moritz Arndt
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  • “What is the German’s Fatherland?”

    Anonymous translation from the German

    WHAT is the German’s fatherland?
    Is it Prussia, or the Swabian’s land?
    Is it where the grape glows on the Rhine?
    Where sea-gulls skim the Baltic’s brine?
          Oh no! more grand
      Must be the German’s fatherland!

    What is the German’s fatherland?
    Bavaria, or the Styrian’s land?
    Is it...

    Ernst Moritz Arndt

  • Patriotic Song

    Anonymous translation from the German

    GOD, who gave iron, purposed ne’er
        That man should be a slave:
    Therefore the sabre, sword, and spear
        In his right hand He gave.
    Therefore He gave him fiery mood,
        Fierce speech, and free-born breath,
    That he might fearlessly the feud
        Maintain through life and death.

    ...

    Ernst Moritz Arndt