HEINRICH HEINE - Repositories

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SCHILLER.
The living spirit of the times thrilled
through Frederick Schiller; it wrestled
with him; it vanquished him ; he followed
it to battle; he bore its banner,
and, lo! it was the same banner under
which the conflict was being enthusiastically
waged across the Rhine, and for
which we are always ready to shed our
heart's best blood, Schiller wrote for
the grand ideas of the Revolution; he
razed the bastilles of the intellect; he
helped to erect the temple of freedom,
that colossal temple which shelters all
nations like a single congregation of
brothers: in brief, he was a cosmopolitan.
ABROAD.
Erewhile I had a beauteous Fatherland.
The oak there seemed
To grow so tall; there violets nodded
low.
It was a dream.
In German it kissed me, — in German
spake
(You scarce believe
How sweet the sound ! ) this one word,
" I love thee,"
It was a dream.