The Happiest Land

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The Happiest Land by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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There sat one day in quiet,
&nbsp By an alehouse on the Rhine,
Four hale and hearty fellows,
&nbsp And drank the precious wine.

The landlord's daughter filled their cups,
&nbsp Around the rustic board
Then sat they all so calm and still,
&nbsp And spake not one rude word.

But, when the maid departed,
&nbsp A Swabian raised his hand,
And cried, all hot and flushed with wine,
&nbsp "Long live the Swabian land!

"The greatest kingdom upon earth
&nbsp Cannot with that compare
With all the stout and hardy men
&nbsp And the nut-brown maidens there.

"Ha!" cried a Saxon, laughing,
&nbsp And dashed his heard with wine;
"I had rather live in Laplaud,
&nbsp Than that Swabian land of thine!

"The goodliest land on all this earth,
&nbsp It is the Saxon land
There have I as many maidens
&nbsp As fingers on this hand!"

"Hold your tongues! both Swabian
&nbsp &nbsp and Saxon!"
&nbsp A bold Bohemian cries;
"If there's a heaven upon this earth,
&nbsp In Bohemia it lies.

"There the tailor blows the flute,
&nbsp And the cobbler blows the horn,
And the miner blows the bugle,
&nbsp Over mountain gorge and bourn."

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And then the landlord's daughter
&nbsp Up to heaven raised her hand,
And said, "Ye may no more contend,—
&nbsp There lies the happiest land!"

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