TRANSLATIONS.
BY THE REV. THEODORE PARKER.
I.
TWO LOVERS.
(FROM THE GERMAN OF MOHRIKE.)
A light skiff swam on Danube's tide,
Where sat a bridegroom and his bride,
He this side and she that side.
Quoth she, "Heart's dearest, tell to me,
What wedding-gift shall I give thee?"
Upward her little sleeve she strips,
And in the water briskly dips.