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A notable German poet; born in Detmold, June 17, 1810; died in Cannstatt, March 18, 1876. His first volume of "Poems" (1838), full of grand Oriental imagery, won universal favor- and a royal pension, which he renounced as discrediting his liberalism, publishing a "Confession of Faith" in verse (1844). Banished as a sower of sedition, he took refuge in London till the revolution of 1848. Returning, he was tried for high treason for his poem "The Dead to the Living", but acquitted; then threatened with prosecution for "Political and Social Poems"; and once more flying to London, lived there till 1868. His poems are imaginative and passionate, with ringing and spirited diction; many of his songs are widely popular. He was an admirable translator, notably from Scott, Shakespeare, and Longfellow.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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