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University of Bonn. 



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DRINKLIED. 



Gott Bacchus gab uns Reden, 

 Drum lasst uns frohlich seyn, 

 Nichts kostlicher in leben 

 Giebt's als em gut glass wein ! 



Cupido 1st ein knabe 

 Von blinder wuth ermannt 

 Drum sei bei Bacchus gabe 

 Der kleine gott verdannt. 



Uns tiichish zu verwunden 

 Gelingt ihm nur zu schncll 

 Wir, aber, wir gesunden 

 An Bacchus feuerguell. 



Die schonen werden kalter 

 Und welken mit der zeit 

 Der wein gewinnt, je alter, 

 Je rnehr an tuchtigkeit. 



Strahlt auch von meiner nase 

 Ein lichter purpurschein, 

 Was thuts ? habe ich ein glase 

 Nur immer guten wein. 



Ha ! freunde wenri im kreise 

 Ihr voile romer schwingt 

 Oh ! dann auch ans den gleise 

 Ein datzend hoffe spririgt. 



Schwort nur zu meiner fahner 

 Trots fasten und kastein, 

 Ihr edlen drink-kampaner, 

 Es wird euch nicht gerein. 



DRINKING SONG. 



God Bacchus gave us command, 

 Therefore let us be merry ; 

 There is nothing more precious in life 

 Than a good glass of wine. 



Cupid is a boy- 

 Excited by blind rage ; 

 Therefore by the gift of Bacchus 

 Let the little god be condemned. 



In wounding us cunningly, 

 He succeeds but too quickly ; 

 But we are cured 

 By Bacchus, the source of fire. 



The fair become colder, 

 And fade away with time 

 Wine, the older it is, 

 Increases the more in virtue. 



There blazes also on my nose 

 A purple shining pimple 

 What of that ? if I have always 

 A glass of good wine. 



Ha ! friends, when in a circle 

 The full goblet passes, 

 Oh ! then also out of its course 

 An additional hope springs. 



Swear now to my altars ; 

 Despise fasting and chastening ; 

 My noble drink-companions, 

 You shall not repent of it. 



I was much struck also with " Wo ist der Deutches Vaterland :" a 

 song composed by a professor of Bonn, who was expelled by the govern- 

 ment on account of his liberal opinions. What his conduct may have 

 been in other respects I know not : but I honour him for the warmth of 

 feeling expressed in his verses. It was new to me when I received a copy ; 

 but I do not insert it here, understanding that it has been published 

 lately in London, with a translation. 



The University is a noble building, on the south side of the town. It 

 is surrounded by plantations and gardens reaching to the river. It was 

 originally built for a palace, by the Elector Joseph-Clement, in 1717 ' 

 the University was established by the Elector Maximilian, brother of the 

 Emperor Joseph, but was suppressed by the French during their posses- 

 sion of the country. The edict of the king of Prussia, dated the 18th 

 of October 1818, restored it ; and its utility may be estimated by the fact 

 that there are now 1020 students a surprising proof of the wants of the 

 neighbourhood, and of the attraction of its eminent professors. The 

 students exceed half the number of the whole of those at the six Nether- 

 lands universities, of which we hear so much. The fact is, that the latter 

 are on too small a scale, their average numbers being only three hundred 



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