...DITTIES. A TRAGIC STORY. J BY ADELBERT TON CHAMISSO. "— 'a war Einer, dcm'e zu Herzen gleng." THERE lived a sage in days of yore, And he a handsome pigtail...He turned him round, But still it hung behind him. (102) Then round and round, and out and in, All day the puzzled sage did spin; In vain — it mattered...

...them—She was the Universe. A TRAGIC STORY. Translated from the German of CHAHISSO, by WM THACEERAY. THERE lived a sage in days of yore And he a handsome pigtail wore ; But wonder'd much and sorrow'd more Because it hung behind him. He mused upon this curious case, And swore...

...about it. The story has been prettily rendered into English by Thackeray, the following verses : There lived a sage in days of yore And he a handsome pigtail...and sorrowed more, Because it hung behind him. He mus'd upon this curious case. And swore he'd change the pigtail's place, And have it hanging at his...

...your degree, My divine little Mistress of Arts ! A TRAGIC STORY. FROM THE GERMAN OF CHAMISSO. THERE lived a sage in days of yore, And he a handsome pig-tail wore, But wonder'd much and sorrow'd more, Because it hung behind him. He mused upon this curious case, And swore...

...green winter of the holly tree. SOVTHEY, 1774-1843. A TEAGIC STORY. FROM THE GERMAN OF CHAMI880. THERE lived a sage in days of yore, And he a handsome pigtail wore, But wondered much, and wondered more, Because it hung hehind him. He mused upon this curious case, And swore he'd change the...

...green winter of the holly tree. SOUTHEY, 1774—1843. A TRAGIC STORY. PROM THE OEBMAN OF CHAMISSO. a sage in days of yore, And he a handsome pigtail wore, But wondered much, and wondered more, Because it hung behind him. He mused upon this curious case, And swore he'd change the...

...lived a sage in days of yore, And he a handsome pig-tail wore, But wonder'd much and sorrow'd mora, Because it hung behind him. He mused upon this curious...dangling there behind him. Says he, ' The mystery I have found— I'll turn me round ! ' — he turn'd him round, And stamp'd with rage upon the ground,...

...caliendrum of the Latins. — regret that there should be such a thing as right and wrong. And so — He mused upon this curious case, And swore he'd change...hanging at his face, Not dangling there behind him ! Of course. But wonder and regret being of no avail, what shall he do ? Then comes the expedient :...

...of Chamisso's story — of which Thackeray has given us a lively and elegant translation : — There lived a Sage in days of yore, And he a handsome pigtail...much and sorrowed more Because it hung behind him. The parallel is perfect. First wonder, and then regret * The reader must forgive an English author...

...chopping machine. Oh ! der shoemaker's poy, Und oh ! the shoemaker's poy ! A TRAGIC STOEY. CHAMISSO. There lived a sage in days of yore, And he a handsome pigtail wore, But wondered much and sorrowed moro Because it hung behind him ! He mused upon this curious case, And swore he'd change the pigtail's...