James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902.
December 30Blücher on the Rhine
By August Kopisch (17991853)
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To France or not? Is’t yea or nay?
They pondered long and pondered well.
At length old Blücher broke the spell:
“Bring here,” he said, “the map to me!
The road to France is straight and free;
Where is the foe?” “The foe! why, here!”
“We’ll beat him! Forward! Never fear!
And where lies Paris?” “Paris? Here!”
“We’ll take it! Forward! Never fear!
So throw the bridge across the Rhine.
Methinks the Frenchman’s sparkling wine
Will taste the best where grows the vine!”