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Der Königssohn.
FROM UHLAND.
I.
High on his old ancestral throne
The aged King has placed him,
And glitter'd bright in the sun's last light.
The royal robes that graced him.
High on his old ancestral throne
The aged King has placed him,
And glitter'd bright in the sun's last light.
The royal robes that graced him.
"My eldest-born, the land to share
"With the next in birth I give thee.—
"My best-beloved, my youngest son,
"What have I left to leave thee?"
"With the next in birth I give thee.—
"My best-beloved, my youngest son,
"What have I left to leave thee?"
"Give me the old and rusty crown—
"Treasures I ask no other:
"Then, three tall ships. I'll leave thy throne,
"And win myself another."
"Treasures I ask no other:
"Then, three tall ships. I'll leave thy throne,
"And win myself another."
II.
From his own deck the youthful Chief
Now watch'd his galley's bounding.
The sun shone fair on his golden hair,
The laugh of the breeze was sounding.
From his own deck the youthful Chief
Now watch'd his galley's bounding.
The sun shone fair on his golden hair,
The laugh of the breeze was sounding.