The Queen of Orplede (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Queen of Orplede My resolution not to write a preface is broken herewith, for a sufficient cause, let me hope. The title of this volume, though it came so spontaneously as to preclude another choice, may be obscure to some readers. The idea was derived from a poem by Edouard Môrike entitled "Gesang Weyla's", or Weyla's Song. Weyla is an impersonation of the poet, and his lines may be rendered in English some what as follows: Thou art Orplede, my land, Remotely gleaming, The mists float upward from thy sun-bright strand To where the faces of the gods are beaming. Primeval rivers spring renewed, Thy silver girdle weaving, child. Before thy godhead bend subdued Kings, thy worshippers and watchers mild. This song, especially in its musical setting by Hugo Wolf, is very widely known in Germany, but unfortunately Môrike, though second only to Goethe in lyrical range and felicity, is hardly even a name to English readers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.