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WILHELM VON SCHMITZ
1107
[“What though the world be cross and crooky?]
“What though the world be cross and crooky?
Of Life's fair flowers the fairest bouquet
I plucked, when I chose thee, my Sukie!
Of Life's fair flowers the fairest bouquet
I plucked, when I chose thee, my Sukie!
“Say, could'st thou grasp at nothing greater
Than to be wedded to a waiter?
And did'st thou deem thy Schmitz a traitor?
Than to be wedded to a waiter?
And did'st thou deem thy Schmitz a traitor?
“Nay! the fond waiter was rejected,
And thou, alone, with flower-bedecked head,
Sitting, did'st sing of one expected.
And thou, alone, with flower-bedecked head,
Sitting, did'st sing of one expected.
“And while the waiter, crazed and silly,
Dreamed he had won that precious lily,
At length he came, thy wished-for Willie.
Dreamed he had won that precious lily,
At length he came, thy wished-for Willie.
“And then thy music took a new key,
For whether Schmitz be boor or duke, he
Is all in all to faithful Sukie!”
For whether Schmitz be boor or duke, he
Is all in all to faithful Sukie!”
1108
[“His barque had perished in the storm]
“His barque had perished in the storm,Whirled by its fiery breath
On sunken rocks, his stalwart form
Was doomed to watery death.”
1110
[“My Sukie! He hath bought, yea, Muggle's self]
“My Sukie! He hath bought, yea, Muggle's self,Convinced at last of deeds unjust and foul,
The licence of a vacant public-house.
We are licensed here to sell to all,
Spirits, porter, snuff, and ale!”
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