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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.
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