If here, or there, or in another place.

“Here only, in my heart, have I preserved

That in my Fatherland my best possession;

And these poor remnants of my former treasure

You Germans take from me,—take memory from me!

“As a defeated knight in tournament

Escapes with life though honour has been lost;

And, dragging out despisèd days in scorn,

Returns once more unto his conqueror;

And for the last time straining forth his arm,