New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-26
rur BALLAD OF LAGER BIER
BY EpxusD C. sTEDsAs.

In IN
"SI" S,ansb a hearty Eughsh laugh;
~ avsn a 30 Il Bourbon whisky
loo a hundred pbantoms clear,
~ %.,, when boyish blood was tricky,
nd no ope heard Of Lager Bier.
We we smoked in Snmn er with OscanyaD,
Cross-leggcd in that defunct bazaar,
Until above our heads the bauyan
Or palm.tTee seemed TO spread afar;
And, then and there, have drnnk his sherbet,
T1Dct with the perfumes IT Cashmere
That orient calm who would dlstnrbit
With NoIselsnd cells fvr Lager Bier
There IS chocolat-a.tssse at Mendes'-
DiviDett on AL opera night
And otter, with brace OF L0ndres,
YIN ordin0ire is oar delight;
Yet Of all bibulOur cOmpOuDdDgp,
Extracts ur brewings, mixed Or clear,
Ire best, in substance and surroundings,
For frequent use, is Lager Ber.
Karl Schaeffer is n stalwart brewer,
Who hath above his wants a ball
WheIe-frtsh-tapped foamiDg, cool and pure
He serves the nectar out - all.
Tvm HsrlaDd, have you any money!
Why, thcn We II leave this hemisphere
This Western land Of milk and honey
For one that flows with Lager Bier.
Go Raxen.baired and blue.eyed maiden,
Ny German Hebe, hasten through
Ysn smok ke-cloud, and return thou laden
With bread and cheese and bier for two.
Bririe for my comrade here Limburger;
His brow is high--h. taste severe;
The milder Schweitzer prefer to
Eat with my bread and Lager Bier.
Oh, yes the Schweitzer hath SAVIOR
OF marjoram and mountain thyme
~ Od0riierous, Alpine flavor;
You almost bear the bells chime
While eating it, or-dyng faibtly-
Tie Ron.-des-raches entrance the ear,
Until you feel quite Swiss and sanity,
Above yon glass Of Lager Bier.
Here comes our drink, froth.erowrcd and sunlit,
In goblets with high-curving arms,
Drawn from newly opened ruoet-
Az Bier must be, 20 have It's charms.
This primal portion each shall swallow
At ore draught, for pioneer;
Ard thus II ritual usage iOllON
OF oil who honor Lager Bier.
Glass after glass, in due succession,
Til, borne through midrff, heart and brain,
He mounts his throne and takes possession
The genial Spirit If the grain!
Then comes the old Berserkir madness,
To make each man a priest and seer,
And, with scandinavian gladuess,
Dink deeper draughts of Lager Bier
Go, maiden, fill again our glasses
While with anOinted eyes, we scan
The hlonse Tectonic lads and lasses--
Tue Saxon Pruss-Boheman-
The taDdtd flo0r-the cross. beamed gables
TIE aucispt Flemish paintings queer
TIE rusty cup stains On the tables
The terraced kegs of Lager Bier.
And is it G6ttingep, or Gotha,
Or munich ancient Wagner Brei,
Where each Bavarian drinks his quota,
And swings silver tankard high
Or some ancestral Gast-Haus lofty
In Nuremburg--of famous cheer,
When Hans Sachs lived, and where, 10 OF, he
Sang loud the praise Of Lager Bieri
Por even now some curious glamour
Ha. brought about misty change
Things look, as in a moonlight dream, or
A magic mirror, quaint aud strange:
Some wierd pbantasnsgorc notion
Iinpes US back ward many a year,
And lar across the Northern Ocean
To Fatherlands of Lager Bier.
A odd thing see before ns
Az ever haunted Brocken hight,
Carousirg, with uneaTthy chOros,
On any wild Walpurgis night;
see the woDdrons art-creations!
. In proper guise they all appear,
Ard. in their due aSd several stations,
Unite in drinking Lsger Bier.
I see in yonder nook trio:
Tuere s Doctor Faust, and, by his side,
Not half So love-distraught ~ To-,
Il gentle Margaret, heaven-eyed;
That nah iu black beyond their waiter
know him by his hsDdish lver-
IL Mephistophiies, the traitor
Aud dbow he swigs his Lager Bier!
Strange II great Goethe should have blundered.
WHO says that Margaret slipt and fell
In Appo Dcmipi Sixteen Hundred;
Or thereabont, aud Fanstns - we'll
N. IA
Since Margaret 10 with him here,
Blu. under her serene protection
May boldly drink our Lager Bier
That bare.leeged gipsy small and lithy,
Tained like an ohve 10y the sun,
IL htis NgDcD; sisg Us, prithee,
KtHaa du d0s Lagd, my pretty one!
All. pcl she shakes her Southern tresses,
AZ half in doubt and more in fear;
Perhaps the elfsh creature guesses
We We had too much Of Lager Bier.
There emoves-full-bodiced ripe and human
With merry smiles TO all who come,
Karl Scha. fer : wife--ibe very woman
Whom RQbens drew his Venus from
Bot VIA, host cf ,rickscme graces
Play round our fairy Undine here,
Who pvuts at all the bearded faces,
Aud, laughing, brings the Lager Bier.
"Sit down, nor chase the vision further,
You re- tied 20 Yankee cities still y
hear yon, but 81 much the rather
Should Fancy travel where she wiu
Yet, let the dim ideals scatter;
One puff, and 10 they disappear;
The GOMEZ, next, or some such matter,
We II talk above our Lager Bier.
Now, then, your eyes begin to brighten,
Aud mary eous theories 10 flow;
A philosophic theme you hight on,
And, .pnrred and booted, IF you goi
Ife er-to drive Apollo's phaeton-
need an earthly charioieer,
This Ia l-browed genius viii wait on.
And prime him first with Lager Bier.
But higher yet, in middle Heaven,
You, steed seems taking fight, my friend:
You read the secret of the Seven,
Aud on through trackless regions wend
Don I vanish in the milky way, for
This afternoon you re wanted here;
Zone back come back AMI help me pay for
Inc bread snd cheese and Lager Bier.
'EATn OF Gov. ScHLKr.-Tfs Asrvsto Constr
o"af''f OF the @tb ust. briggs us the announce
1t OF the death OF this distinguished Georgian.
9 CosstrfHtionGliH says:
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