Classic Poem

To My Fatherland

I fain would consecrate to thee
These songs, dear German Fatherland;
For thou, to life restored and free,
Dost all my hopes and prayers command.

Yet heroes' blood for thee hath flowed,
For thee hath died youth's choicest flower;
When gifts like these have been bestowed,
These songs must seem a worthless dower.EnglishLudwig Uhland