by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834)
In Köhln, a town of monks and bones
Language: English
In Köhln, a town of monks and bones, And pavements fang'd with murderous stones And rags, and hags, and hideous wenches ; I counted two and seventy stenches, All well defined, and several stinks ! Ye Nymphs that reign o'er sewers and sinks, The river Rhine, it is well known, Doth wash your city of Cologne ; But tell me, Nymphs, what power divine Shall henceforth wash the river Rhine ?
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- by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834), "Cologne" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949), "Ode to the City of Cologne", op. 67 (1982). [text not verified]
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Word count: 68