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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GARDEN AT HEIDELBERG, by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Fill me the beaker
Last Line: For this fresh air and fragrant wine.
Subject(s): Heidelberg, Germany; Travel; Journeys; Trips
First Line: Fill me the beaker
Last Line: For this fresh air and fragrant wine.
Subject(s): Heidelberg, Germany; Travel; Journeys; Trips
Fill me the beaker!
Now, Rhine and Nekkar,
Health to ye both, ye noble streams!
Yours is a power,
To wing the hour
High above Wisdom's heavy dreams.
Germans! beer-drinking,
Tobacco-stinking,
Gladly, how gladly! I resign
All you are worth,
From south to north
For this fresh air and fragrant wine.
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