Excerpt from The Book of German Songs: From the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century and Edited It has been in every case the translator's endeavour to give a correct rendering of the meaning and spirit of the original songs, even to the sacrificing of the doubtful advantage of literal accuracy. The metre of the German song has, however, in almost every instance been retained, and the original, in many cases, appended to the English version, as the student may desire to compare the trans lation offered to him, with the song as written by the German author. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.