Who is Johann Ludwig Uhland

Johann Ludwig Uhland (26 April 1787 – 13 November 1862) was a German poet, philologist and literary historian.

Biography

He was born in Tübingen, Württemberg, and studied jurisprudence at the university there, but also took an interest in medieval literature, especially old German and French poetry. Having graduated as a doctor of laws in 1810, he went to Paris for eight months to continue his studies of poetry; and from 1812 to 1814 he worked as a lawyer in Stuttgart, in the bureau of the minister of justice.

Poetry

He began his career as a poet in 1807 and 1808 by contributing ballads and lyrics to Seckendorff's Musenalmanach; and in 1812 and 1813 he wrote poems for Kerner's Poetischer Almanach and Deutscher Dichterwald. In 1815 he co...
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Johann Ludwig Uhland Poems

  • The Luck Of Edenhall
    Of Edenhall, the youthful Lord
    Bids sound the festal trumpet's call;
    He rises at the banquet board,
    And cries, 'mid the drunken revellers all, ...
  • The Shepherd's Sabbath Song
    Schäfers Sonntagslied

    Ich bin so hold den sanften Tagen,
    Das ist der Tag des Herrn! ...
  • The Black Knight
    'T was Pentecost, the Feast of Gladness,
    When woods and fields put off all sadness.
    Thus began the King and spake:
    'So from the halls ...
  • Three Students
    Three students once tarried over the Rhine,
    And into Frau Wirthin's turned to dine.

    'Say, hostess, have you good beer and wine?...
  • Ich Hatt' Einen Kameraden (i Had A Comrade)
    Ich hatt' einen Kameraden,
    Einen bessern findst du nit.
    Die Trommel schlug zum Streite,
    Er ging an meiner Seite ...
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Pain 4 I Love You 3 Love 3 Light 3 King 3 Hear 2 Evening 2 Black 2 Heart 2 Hair 2


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Pentatonemusic: “the world grows fairer each day; we cannot know what is still to come; the flowering knows no end. the deepest, most distant valley is in flower. now, poor heart, forget your torment. now all must change.” - johann ludwig uhland
Viam_sapientiae: ''die vätergruft'' (the father's crypt), c. 1865. inspired by the poem of the same name, written by ludwig uhland in 1805. by georg osterwald (1803–1884), copy after the original painting by caspar johann nepomuk scheuren (1810-1887) from 1831 (now lost). private collection.
Adamcurtisbot: events keep happening that seem inexplicable and out of control. salafi movement, the states, gomphrena globosa, salix caprea, johann ludwig uhland.
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Isaac Watts Poem
Psalm 119 Part 10
 by Isaac Watts

Pleading the promises.

ver. 38,49

Behold thy waiting servant, Lord,
Devoted to thy fear;
Remember and confirm thy word,
For all my hopes are there.
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