THE

POETRY OF GERMANY.

CONSISTING

OP

SELECTIONS FROM UPWARDS OF SEVENTY OF

THE MOST CELEBRATED POETS,

TRANSLATED

INTO

ENGLISH VERSE,

WITH THE ORIGINAL TEXT ON THE OPPOSITE PAGE,

BY

ALFRED BASKERVILLE.

21 STEREOTYPE-EDITION.

LEIPZIG

PUBLISHED BY G. MAYER.

1858.

LONDON, WILLIAMS F NORGATE.

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1851, by Garrigue s Christern, in the Clerk's oflice of the District Court for the southern District of New-York.

TO THE MEMORY

OF

FERDINAND A

HIS WIFE

OF WHOSE VALUABLE ASSISTANCE DURING ITS

PROGRESS HE WAS DEPRIVED BY DEATH

THIS WORK IS INSCRIBED

BY

THE AUTHOR.