"Graut Liebchen auch?—Der Mond scheint hell! Hurrah! die Todten reiten schnell! Graut Liebchen auch vor Todten-"— "Ach nein!—Doch lass die Todten!" — "What ails my love?—The moon shines bright! Hurray! The Dead ride fast! Is my love afraid of the dead-"— "Ah! no; - let them sleep in their dusty bed!"—
— excerpt from the 20th stanza of Gottfried August Bürger' s Lenore / 1773

















