Name: Gaudeamus! Humorous Poems
Author: Joseph Victor Scheffel
ISBN: 978-1727768343

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Gaudeamus! Humorous Poems

By Joseph Victor Scheffel 10 Feb, 2020

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This volume contains the greater portion of the poems which constitute the Gaudeamus--'Let us be jolly'--of Joseph Victor Scheffel, who is at present the most popular poet in Germany. Without being presented as such, these ballads, though complete in ... Read more

This volume contains the greater portion of the poems which constitute the Gaudeamus--'Let us be jolly'--of Joseph Victor Scheffel, who is at present the most popular poet in Germany. Without being presented as such, these ballads, though complete in themselves, form in their connection a droll history of the world and of humanity--advancing from the early outburst of Granite and Basalt, through the boulder of Gneiss to the Ichthyosaurus and Megatherium. Man then appears as a dweller in the pre-historic Swiss-Lacustrine-dwelling on poles, where he bitterly bewails the misfortune of being a pioneer of civilization, and as one born before the invention of modern comforts. Less

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Joseph Victor Scheffel

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Joseph Victor von Scheffel (16 February 1826 – 9 April 1886) was a German poet and novelist. He was born at Karlsruhe. His father, a retired major in the Baden army, was a civil engineer and member ...

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