STONE BREAKING.
March wind roughClashed the trees,Flung the snow;Breaking stones,In the cold,Germans slowToiled and toiled;Arrowy sunGlanced and sprang,One right blitheGerman sang:Songs of home,Fatherland:Syenite hard,Weary lot,Callous hand,All forgot:Hammers pound,Ringing round;Rise the heaps,To his voice,Bounds and leapsToise on toise:Toil is long,But dear GodGives us song,At the end,Gives us rest,Toil is best.
March wind roughClashed the trees,Flung the snow;Breaking stones,In the cold,Germans slowToiled and toiled;Arrowy sunGlanced and sprang,One right blitheGerman sang:Songs of home,Fatherland:Syenite hard,Weary lot,Callous hand,All forgot:Hammers pound,Ringing round;Rise the heaps,To his voice,Bounds and leapsToise on toise:Toil is long,But dear GodGives us song,At the end,Gives us rest,Toil is best.
March wind roughClashed the trees,Flung the snow;Breaking stones,In the cold,Germans slowToiled and toiled;Arrowy sunGlanced and sprang,One right blitheGerman sang:Songs of home,Fatherland:Syenite hard,Weary lot,Callous hand,All forgot:Hammers pound,Ringing round;Rise the heaps,To his voice,Bounds and leapsToise on toise:Toil is long,But dear GodGives us song,At the end,Gives us rest,Toil is best.
March wind rough
Clashed the trees,
Flung the snow;
Breaking stones,
In the cold,
Germans slow
Toiled and toiled;
Arrowy sun
Glanced and sprang,
One right blithe
German sang:
Songs of home,
Fatherland:
Syenite hard,
Weary lot,
Callous hand,
All forgot:
Hammers pound,
Ringing round;
Rise the heaps,
To his voice,
Bounds and leaps
Toise on toise:
Toil is long,
But dear God
Gives us song,
At the end,
Gives us rest,
Toil is best.