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by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912)

Gebt Raum, ihr Völker, unserm Schritt
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
    Gebt Raum, ihr Völker, unserm Schritt,
  Wir sind die letzten Goten!
Wir tragen keine Krone mit,
  Wir tragen einen Toten.
Mit Schild an Schild und Speer an Speer,
  Wir ziehn nach Nordlands Winden,
Bis wir im fernsten grauen Meer,
  Die Insel Thule finden.

    Das soll der Treue Insel sein,
  Dort gilt noch Eid und Ehre,
Dort senken wir den König ein,
  Im Sarg der Eschenspeere.
Wir kommen her -- gebt Raum dem Schritt --
  Aus Romas falschen Toren:
Wir tragen nur den König mit --
  Die Krone ging verloren.

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Note: a four-stanza version exists in Dahn's collected works with the title "Gotenzug"

Text Authorship:

  • by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912), no title, appears in Ein Kampf um Rom, first published 1876 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Researcher for this page: Frank Rauchenecker

This text was added to the website: 2009-06-10
Line count: 16
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