HEINRICH ZEISE
\hˈe͡ɪnɹɪt͡ʃ zˈa͡ɪs], \hˈeɪnɹɪtʃ zˈaɪs], \h_ˈeɪ_n_ɹ_ɪ_tʃ z_ˈaɪ_s]\
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A German poet and translator; born at Altona, 1822. He began life as an apothecary, but graduated at the university. He translated a number of scientific and poetical works from the Danish into German, and also published original efforts, noted for poetical coloring and beauty of form, among them a collection of "Poems" (1847); "Battle Songs of Schleswig-Holstein" (1848); "Songs of Battle and Sword"; etc. also, in prose, "From the Life and Recollections of a North German Poet" (1888).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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