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ANHANG D.

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Europäische Touristen pflegten früher Amerika zu verspotten, weil es keine Geschichte habe. Die Zeit ist jetzt vorüber. Der Dichter, der Maler, der Bildhauer, der Romansowie der Geschichtsschreiber werden hier eine unerschöpfliche Quelle finden. Eine neue Literatur, ausgezeichnet durch Ereignisse, welche eben so tiefe Eindrücke auf das Gemüth machen, als irgend welche der Geschichte Englands, der Schweiz, Arabiens u. s. w., hat sich bereits eröffnet. Als Beispiel wählen wir folgendes einfache Gedicht, welches zufällig vor uns liegt.

Barbara Frietchie.

By John G. Whittier.

Up from the meadows rich with corn,
Clear in the cool September morn,

The cluster'd spires of Frederick stand,
Green-wall'd by the hills of Maryland.

Round about them orchards sweep,
Apple and peach tree fruited deep,

Fair as a garden of the Lord,

To the eyes of the famish'd rebel horde,

On that pleasant morn of the early Fall,
When Lee march'd over the mountain wall,

Over the mountains winding down,
Horse and foot, into Frederick town.

Forty flags with their silver stars,
Forty flags with their crimson bars,

Flapp'd in the morning wind: the sun
Of noon look'd down, and saw not one.

Op rose old Barbara Frietchie then,
Bow'd with her fourscore years and ten;

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And, through the hill-gaps, sunset light
Shone over it with a warm good-night.

Barbara Frietchie's work is o'er;

And the rebel rides on his raids no more.

Honor to her! and let a tear

Fall, for her sake, on Stonewall's bier.

Over Barbara Frietchie's grave,

Flag of Freedom and Union, wave!

Peace and order and beauty draw
Round thy symbol of light and law!

And ever the stars above look down
On thy stars below in Frederick town!

Druck von G. Bernstein in Berlin, Behrenstr. 56.

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