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O Wanderer, von diesem Schuft!

Both the English and the French have a parallel for the German lines
which record the calm state of mind of a bereaved husband:—

Mein Weib deck’t dieser Grabstein zu,
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Fur ihre und fur meine Ruh!

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In this case a literal translation cannot be given in rhyme, but it may be rendered thus:—
We hope the wanderer now is willing
To free the grave from this great villain.

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Here lies my wife,
a fact that must tell
For her repose
And for mine as well.