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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor: On My Joyful Departure from the Same City

Portre of Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

On My Joyful Departure from the Same City (English)

           As I am rhymer,
And now at least a merry one,
            Mr. Mum's Rudesheimer
            And the church of St. Geryon
            Are the two things alone
            That deserve to be known
In the body and soul-stinking town of Cologne.

(1828)



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Auf meine freudige Abfahrt aus selbiger Stadt (German)

            Als reisender Reimer
Ergreife ich lieber den frohen Ton,
            Herrn Mumms Rüdesheimer
            Und die Kirche St. Gereon,
            Das sind die beiden Dinge schon,
            Die zu kennen sich lohnt
In der Stinkestadt Köln, die nicht Leib noch Seele schont.

(1828)



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