IN the valley of the Pegnitz where across broad meadowlands Rise the blue Franconian mountains Nuremberg the ancient stands. Quaint old town of toil a...
O SAW ye bonnie Lesley As she gaed o'er the Border? She's gane like Alexander To spread her conquests farther. To see her is to love her And l...
O MARY at thy window be It is the wish'd the trysted hour! Those smiles and glances let me see That make the miser's treasure poor: How blythe...
THE SHADES of night were falling fast As through an Alpine village passed A youth who bore 'mid snow and ice A banner with the strange device Exce...
WEE sleekit cow'rin' tim'rous beastie O what a panic's in thy breastie! Thou need na start awa sae hasty Wi' bickerin' brattle...
MAIDEN! with the meek brown eyes In whose orbs a shadow lies Like the dusk in evening skies! Thou whose locks outshine the sun Golden tresses wreathed...
GO fetch to me a pint o' wine An' fill it in a silver tassie; That I may drink before I go A service to my bonnie lassie. The boat rocks at th...
THE RISING moon has hid the stars; Her level rays like golden bars Lie on the landscape green With shadows brown between. And silver the river gleams ...
I GAZED upon the glorious sky And the green mountains round And thought that when I came to lie At rest within the ground 'T were pleasant that in...
LIFE of Life! thy lips enkindle With their love the breath between them; And thy smiles before they dwindle Make the cold air fire: then screen them I...