The following selections are translated from the German of the first three songs from  Wilhelm Tell,  by Friedrich Schiller

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Songs From "Wilhelm Tell"DAVID C. PATRICK(The following selections are translated from the Germanof the first three songs from "Wilhelm Tell," bY'FriedrichSchiller.)FISHERBOYThe lake is now smiling. "Come bathe," it invites one;A lad went to sleep on the green shore alone;He soon heard a ringing,A dulcet flute strain,Like the voices of angels,In heaven's domain.And as he awakens from joy-giving rest,The water is gath'ring around at his breast.And a voice from the deep calls:Dear boy, you are mine!I draw in the sleeper,This life now resign.HERDSMANYou meadows, farewell,You fields in sun's glowing!The herdsmen are leaving,We'll return to the heights, when we come in the spring,When sweet songs revive, and the cuckoos sing,When the valleys are clothed with their flowers again,And the rivulets flow in the freshing rain.You meadows, farewell,You fields in sun's glowing!The herdsmen are leaving,",For summer is gone.ALPINE HUNTERThe mountain tops thunder; they tremble with wrath,The hunter fears not on his shuddering path,A rumbling resoundsFrom uplands of snow,Where spring never visits,And frosty winds blow;And under his feet is a nebulous hazeThe dwellings of mankind are veiledThrough the rifts in the vaporHe views the far sceneDeep under the billows 'Earth clad in her green:from his gaze;J,fJ

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