At the breaking up of the Burschenschaft at Jena, the 26th of November, 1819, the following song was sung; which we therefore give as one of the most celebrated.
[WE BUILDED OURSELVES.]
We builded ourselves a house,
Stately and fair,
And there in God confided,
Spite tempest, storm, and care.
We lived there so trustful,
So friendly, so free,
'Twas hateful to the wicked
Such honest men to see!