I dreamt last night; and in that dream My boyhood's heart was mine again; These latter years did nothing seem With all their mingled joy and pain, Their thousand deeds of good and ill,...
'Now, welcome, welcome, masters mine, Thrice welcome to the noble chase, Nor earthly sport, nor sport divine, Can take such honourable place.' - Ballad of the Wild Huntsman. (Free Translation.)
Here on the pale beach, in the darkness; With the full moon just to rise; They sit alone, and look over the sea, Or into each other's eyes. . . She pokes her parasol into the sleepy sand,...
When I led by zummer streams The pride o' Lea, as naighbours thought her, While the zun, wi' evenen beams, Did cast our sheades athirt the water; Winds a-blowen, Streams a-flowen, Skies a-glowen,...
Zwischen Berg und tiefen, tiefen Thal, Sassen einst zwei Hasen, Frassen ab das gr'ne, gr'ne Gras, Frassen ab das gr'ne, gr'ne Gras Bis auf den Rasen, Bis auf den Rasen. ...