Zu Strasburg auf der Schanz,
Da ging mein Trauern an, etc.
The simple but touching story of a soldier who stands guard on the bulwarks of Strasburg and hears the Alpine horn blown on the other side of the Rhine. Seized with home sickness he swims across the Rhine, but is taken afterwards and shot as a deserter.
Page 278.--The villa of the [ Cardinal Borghese], Casa Baldi, near Olevano, in the Sabine country, is still in existence, and is now an inn much frequented by artists. It has become celebrated by Scheffel's humorous song, "Abschied von Olevano" (Farewell to Olevano), which he wrote on the spot when leaving there after a long sojourn. It is published in Scheffers collection of songs, "Gaudeamus."
Page 285.--[Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni] of Venice, who in 1689 became the successor of Innocent XI. as Alexander VIII.