Klopstock

American

[klawp-shtawk] / ˈklɔpˌʃtɔk /

noun

Friedrich Gottlieb 1724–1803, German poet.

Klopstock British

/ ˈklɔpʃtɔk /

noun

Friedrich Gottlieb (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈɡɔtliːp). 1724–1803, German poet, noted for his religious epic Der Messias (1748–73) and for his odes

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Every chapter begins with a brief excerpt about Major Klopstock and his battle for humanity’s survival.

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He was influenced both by Uz and Klopstock, but his love for the Volkslied and his delight in nature preserved him from the artificiality of the one poet and the unworldliness of the other.

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The heart of Klopstock rose to his lips, and natural tears suffused his eyes.

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He has exhibited a series of twenty designs from Klopstock's 'Messiah;' amongst which, some of particular interest.

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French and Italian he seems to have been acquainted with so far as he deemed it necessary; but his principal literary studies were confined to Lessing, Bürger, Wieland, and Klopstock.

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