Lira and Sword (Leyer und Schwert) is a collection of patriotic poems by Karl Theodor Korner. The poet participated as lieutenant of the Lützowsches Freikorps at the wars of the sixth coalition against Napoleon Bonaparte, named in Germany Befreiungskriege (liberation wars), and fell into a fight at Gadebusch in August 1813. Stored by wikitesto
The work was published after the death of the author in 1814 thanks to his father and the importance of the first edition, edited by the poet himself (Vienna 1814), has been confirmed with numerous re-editions, such as also the mass music of individual poems (Lützows wilde Jagd, Reiterlied, Schwertlied). WikiTextTemplate topics
Narra of the patriotic bastard and of tyranny, with intentions in favor of Germany against Napoleon Bonaparte, born after 1809 Recognize the wikitesto modification
The author Alessandro Manzoni devoted the ode March 1821 with the phrase: "... dear name to all peoples fighting to defend or to regain a homeland"
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