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Adelbert Von Chamisso Poems
- The Pigtail There lived a sage in days of yore, And he a ...
- Das Riesenspielzeug Burg Nideck ist im Elsaß der Sage ...
- Das Schloß Boncourt Ich träum' als Kind mich zurücke Und ...
- Die Weiber Von Weinsberg Der erste Hohenstaufe, der König ...
- An Fouqué Kann nicht reden, kann nicht schreiben, Kann nicht...
- In Andersens Stammbuch lasset uns, in dieser düstern, bangen ...
- The Little Girl And Her Doll All you do for your ...
Adelbert von Chamisso was a German poet and botanist.
He was born Louis Charles Adélaïde de Chamissot at the château of Boncourt at Ante, in Champagne, France, the ancestral seat of his family. His name appears in several forms, one of the most common being Ludolf Karl Adalbert von Chamisso. Driven out by the French Revolution, his parents settled in Berlin, where in 1796 young Chamisso obtained the post of page-in-waiting to the queen, and in 1798 entered a Prussian infantry regiment as ensign.
Shortly thereafter, upon the Peace of Tilsit, his family was permitted to return to France; he remained in Germany and continued his military career. He had little education, ... more »
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The Pigtail
There lived a sage in days of yore,
And he a handsome pigtail wore;
But wondered much, and sorrowed more,
Because it hung behind him.
He mused upon this curious case,
And swore he’d change the pigtail’s place,
And have it hanging at his face,
Not dangling there behind him.
Says he, “The mystery I’ve found;
I’ll turn me round.” He turned him round,
But still it hung behind him.
Then round, and round, and out, and in,
All day the puzzled sage did spin;
In vain—it mattered not a pin—
The pigtail hung behind him.
And ...
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