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Georg Herwegh

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Georg Herwegh, 1817-1875

German revolutionary poet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Herwegh

On Work and Prayer

Pray and work! proclaims the world;

Briefly pray, for Time is gold.

On the door there knocketh dread -

Briefly pray, for Time is bread.

 

And ye plow and plant to grow.

And ye rivet and ye sow.

And ye hammer and ye spin -

Say, my people, what ye win.

 

Weave at loom both day and night,

Mine the coal to mountain height;

Fill right full the harvest horn -

Full to brim with wine and corn.

 

Yet where is thy meal prepared?

Yet where is thy rest-hour shared?

Yet where is thy warm hearth-fire?

Where is thy sharp sword of ire?

 

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Referat Seite 1 Georg Herwegh wurde am 31.05.1817 in Stuttgart geboren und starb am 7.4.1875 in Baden-Baden. Herwegh war der Sohn eines Gastwirts und wollte Theologie studieren, er wurde aber wegen seines Benehmens aus der Schule verwiesen. Er arbeitete dann als Journalist und Übersetzer.

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