London: CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193, PICCADILLY.
Rebecca Brünnow translation
NEW YORK: SCRIBNER, ARMSTRONG, & CO. 1877.
CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS. CRYSTAL PALACE PRESS.
O Song, at home well known to fame, That German hearts hath deeply stirred And long hath made of Scheffel's name A dear and honoured household word, Go forth in thy first foreign dress, Go forth to Albion's noble land! Will she not greetings kind express, And warmly clasp the stranger's hand? The Emerald Isle will surely give A welcome neither cold nor faint; For on thy pages still doth live The name of Erin's ancient Saint. Across the sea my country's shores As Hope's bright star before me rise; Will she not open wide her doors To one who on her heart relies? Farewell, oh work of vanished hours; When suffering rent my weary heart, Thy breath of fragrant woodland flowers Did life renew, fresh strength impart. Oh Scheffel! may thy years be long! And may'st thou live to see the time, When this thy genial Schwarzwald song Will find a home in every clime.
Basel, June, 1877.