Theodor Fontane - Poems

Poems

  • Archibald Douglas
  • Die Brück' am Tay
  • John Maynard
  • Herr von Ribbeck auf Ribbeck im Havelland
  • Aber es bleibt auf dem alten Fleck
  • Ausgang
  • Gorm Grymme
  • Das Trauerspiel von Afghanistan (English translation)

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