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Eichendorff

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/ ˈaiçəndɔrf /

noun

  1. Joseph (ˈjoːzɛf), Freiherr von. 1788–1857, German poet and novelist, regarded as one of the greatest German romantic lyricists

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It’s typical of his approach that his excavation of brain science includes an extended riff about the translation of a brief poem by the 19th-century Prussian writer Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff.

From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2019

Baron Eichendorff, almost the last of the old school, has lately brought out a pamphlet for that purpose.

From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 by Various

Eichendorff makes use of the metaphor: The sun is smiling languidly Like to a woman wondrous sweet.

From The Evolution of Love by Ellie Schleussner

Apart from Eichendorff, the vital lyric poetry of the third and last phase of Romanticism must be looked for in the Swabian school, which gathered round Uhland.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

He read the title-page,--"Pages from the Life of a Good-for-Nothing," by Eichendorff.

From The Eichhofs A Romance by Moritz von Reichenbach

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