The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-02

IN the one herolc spot the burial plaee OF the young
wauiorpoet, Theodore K0ner, who fell in bat
tie against the French august 20. 1879.
and whose aIMains, marked by u monument
Of cast iron, rest under the shades of an oak near
the village Of Wobbolin. Born at Dresden, Scptem
Der, 1871, he was yet in his twenty-second year
when lie died; and in these premature years, as one
might say, 1t appears that his writings were suf
ficient in quantity and quality to win for him the
noble and permanent distinction Of a German poet;
ifno OF the very highest order certainly he is one
OF very respectable parts, OF genuine fire and heroic
impulses, with the ant OF clear and feryid express
SIGN In some four volumes Of small IL mo-, Korner
appears as we come visitant to German read
eis, who forget not his untimely death nor the
heroiim that speaks in many Of his lyrics. In
addition TO his comparatively small amount
Of prose writings, perhaps not more than
Of poems, called "Lyre ane Sword" Miscellaneous
Poems" Additional Imprinted Poems," amount
ing to about 800 pages he has in the dramatic form
soHe sixteen different productions making the far
greater amount Of hpoetic literature. The wonder il
that the young soldier should havAyritten much
and 30 we'll. Germany and its literature deeply
mouned his loss, and the oak that ROW shades K0r-
ner and his Bride already has woven its green
branches into the pcesy of Europe. Are these
strains yet forgotten?-
A song Of the deash-dny Of the brave,
song OF pridei
Ike youth went down to a hero's grave,
With the sworc-hs bride.
And the following
Thou that beneath the browning foliage seepest,
And in the stiffness Of thy cornt'y's breast,
Thy place Of memory AZ an altar keepest.
Brightly thy spirit DER his hills was poured
Thou, of the Tyre and swordi
The oak waved proudly DER thy burial site;
On thy crowned bier to slumber warriors bore thee
And with true hearts the brethren Of the fight
wept, as they yelled the droopng banners DER thee
And the deep guns with rolling pcala gave token
That Tyre and sword we're broken
The father of Theodore kGrner, magistrate in
the Prussian government, and who spent the
latter years Of bis life in Berlin, Is well
known in America, through the interest Of his cor
respondence with Schiller, extending from 1884 to
the time of Schillcr's death, in 1905. certain
indefinable attraction in his handwriting, over
Goethe's mind, caused him to say that he never de-
stroyed fragment or a page OF the writing of Kor-
ner. A few hours before the death Of the poet, he
Is said to have composed his heroic poem the Schwert
he'd or sword song, in which he addresses his sword
as his BRIDE
''My sword, my only treasure,
What would thy glance of pleasurcs
u makes thy master glow,
To see thee cleaning 80.
Yes none this hand shall fetier,
And none prize thee better,
Afianced to my side,
love thee a. my BRIDE
No one ranks him with that class so often spoken
OF in our own country and elsewhere, and quite
vaguely sty led "German Mystics." He is very east
y understood.
Berlin you know, Is one of the finest cities in Eu-
rope, and though surrounded by vast sandy plain
city concentrating much architectural taste and
much prosperity, though great fortunes not very
often amassed in the ordinary trade. That on such
plain tkere should have been so great city, Is the
marvel ard IL there was nothing else to justify the
surname Of Frederick Der Gross than the readiness
and success with which the people complied with
his wishes to create city within the enclosure he
marked out aor them, ii would not be without
strong support. or the interesting features OF
Berlin and Of its social phases, may speak here
after. will only now say that everywhere meet
the evidences OF an old ana highly perfected culture.
Yet all the errors and sins. as well all the vir-
tues which humanity elsewhere and in newer condi-
tons develoIes, are OF course in Germany; but In
Perrin there is allperyading element 81 reverence
and Kindness in every class Of society to an extent
which have never net any other country. The
German has selfforgetfulness about him, desire
to make others happy, ard that without exposing an
eye to advantage which Is a. natural to him as II II
leauitiul. may at some future time speak OF my
happy acquaintance With Alexander Won Humboldt,
who ,onyerses vet with real vivacity, though 81
years Of age, and who chefishes sentiments OF es
teen and kindness towards America. OF Ranch, the
sculptor: Of the collections at the two museums; Of
the palace and its grounds; OF Charlotienburg on
the spree ard of Pots dam, the concentration OF royal
splendor, on which it is not cxaggeraion to bestow
the word magnificent
The people in Prussia, though 30 near the Russian
frontier, very quiet about the as indeed the
allies in the Crmea themselves seem 70 be. News
IN headquarters, you know gets TO Berlin before II
does to London, and what now takes attention -
the project Of the allies to attack CroDstadf. Within
len days, learn from high sources, the assault
will probably lie made. An American, fresh from
It. Peters burg rays that the comic poets and ballad
singers singing songs in the streets 10 enthusiasts
tic nntitudes, in which they abundantly ridicue
the scheme. The original aim Of the war, imagine.
Is now nearly forgotten by many In the more immc-
date purpose Of victory. Yet The Russians, who,
IRON the most reliable accounts. strongly united
in the war; keep up the enthusiasm Of the religious
sentiment. Every banner taken in battle hangs con.
spcuously in the Russian churches AZ the symbol OF
the religious significance Of the present strife, whilst
the great popularity OF Alexander with the masses
and In the army gives to his cause the most perfect
unity Of strength. The allies need what they have
not got-jnst one great man, whose magnetism OF
will ard wisdom should draw and concentrate all
the opposite elements into unity. few weeks
will probably reveal a new page.
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