Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Germany: Vols. XVII–XVIII. 1876–79.
Halle
By Heinrich Heine (1797–1856)Translated by C. G. Leland
I
There stand two mighty lions:
O thou lion-pride of Halle,
How greatly art thou tamed!
There stands a mighty giant;
He hath a sword, yet never stirs,—
He ’s petrified with terror.
A mighty church is standing,
Where the Burschenschaft and the Landsmannschaft
Have plenty of room for praying.