12 The Prince of Holstein-Augustenburg was the grandfather of the
present Duke and of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein.
13 Preface to a new edition of Wilhelm Müller’s poems, published in
1868, in the _Bibliothek der Deutschen National-literatur des
achtzehnten und neunzehnten Jahrhunderts._ Leipzig, Brockhaus.
Translated from the German by G. A. M.
14 “Free, and strong, and pure, and German,
On the German Rhine,
Nothing can be now discovered
Save alone our wine;
If the wine is not a rebel,
Then no more are we;
Mainz, thou proud and frowning fortress,
Let him wander free!”
15 “And let me have my full glass, and let me have my hearty laugh at
these wretched times! He who can sing and laugh with his wine, you
need not put under the ban, my lords: mirth is a harmless child.”
16 “Europe wants but peace and quiet: why hast thou disturbed her
rest?
How with silly dreams of freedom dost thou dare to fill thy breast?
If thou rise against thy rulers, Hellas, thou must fight alone,
E’en the bolster of a Sultan, loyal Europe calls a throne.”
17 I am enabled through the kindness of Mr. Theodore Martin to supply
an excellent translation of these two poems, printed by him in 1863,
in a volume intended for private circulation only.