Ernst Moritz Arndt

Ernst Moritz Arndt was a notable German poet. He was born December 26, 1769, at Schoritz on the island of Rügen, died January 29, 1860, in Bonn.

Poems

• Abendlied ('Evening song')
• Klage um den kleinen Jakob ('Mourning little Jacob')
• Der Gott, der Eisen wachsen ließ ('The God who let iron grow') [Gutenberg]