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THE GERMAN ART, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: By no kind augustus reared
Last Line: From its deep—the heart!
Alternate Author Name(s): Schiller, Friedrich Von
Subject(s): Art & Artists; Germany; Germans


BY no kind Augustus reared,
To no Medici endeared,
German Art arose;
Fostering glory smil'd not on her,
Ne'er with kingly smiles to sun her,
Did her blooms unclose.

No! She went, by Monarchs slighted
Went unhonored, unrequited,
From high Frederick's throne;
Praise and Pride be all the greater,
That Man's genius did create her,
From Man's worth alone.

Therefore, all from loftier mountains,
Purer wells and richer Fountains,
Streams our Poet-Art;
So no rule to curb its rushing —
All the fuller flows it gushing
From its deep—The Heart!





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