“Morning Above the Danube” Nikolaus Lenau, Austria-Hungary (1802-1850)

Mist rolls across the water wide,

The hills withdraw, the day must bide.

Barges creak in patient tone—

Each bound for some far port unknown.

Above the bridge, a gull hangs still,

The town behind is pale and chill.

Yet somewhere deep, the river sings—

A music born of frozen springs.

From A Poem A Day: All Continental Europe

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