Uhland

American

[oo-lahnt] / ˈuˌlɑnt /

noun

Johann Ludwig 1787–1862, German poet and writer.

Uhland British

/ ˈuːlant /

noun

Johann Ludwig (joˈhan ˈluːtvɪç). 1787–1862, German romantic poet, esp of lyrics and ballads

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Caldwell County Sheriff Daniel Law said Thursday that the animals taken from the Uhland home earlier in the week included dogs, goats, pigs, chickens, snakes, lizards, ferrets, and ducks and other fowl.

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"You read Uhland to me, and Lenau, and ... 'shine out little head sunning over with curls.'"

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Uhland tuned his lyre to the popular cry: Rückert sang on the king's side.

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The coachman reminds him of Uhland's poem of King Karl's ocean voyage and also of a dangerous lake trip with two companions in which he played the role of the king in the poem.

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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.

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