The Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at about 1,233 km (766 mi), flowing from Grisons in the eastern Swiss Alps to the North Sea coast in the Netherlands.

Quotes

  • The castled crag of Drachenfels,
    Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine,
    Whose breast of waters broadly swells
    Between the banks which bear the vine,
    And hills all rich with blossom'd trees,
    And fields which promise corn and wine,
    And scatter'd cities crowning these,
    Whose far white walls along them shine.
  • The river Rhine, it is well known,
    Doth wash your city of Cologne;
    But tell me, Nymphs, what power divine
    Shall henceforth wash the river Rhine?

Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations

Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 673.
  • Sie sollen ihn nicht haben
    Den freien, deutschen Rhein.
    • You shall never have it,
      The free German Rhine.
    • Nikolaus Becker, Der Rhein; popular in 1840; answered by Alfred de Musset, Nous l'avons eu, votre Rhin Allemand; appeared in the Atnenæum (Aug. 13, 1870).
  • Am Rhein, am Rhein, da wachsen uns're Reben.
    • On the Rhine, on the Rhine, there grow our vines.
    • Claudius, Rheinweinlied.
  • The air grows cool and darkles,
    The Rhine flows calmly on;
    The mountain summit sparkles
    In the light of the setting sun.
  • I've seen the Rhine with younger wave,
    O'er every obstacle to rave.
    I see the Rhine in his native wild
    Is still a mighty mountain child.
  • Lieb Vaterland magst ruhig sein,
    Fest steht und treu die Wacht am Rhein!
    • Dear Fatherland no danger thine,
      Firm stand thy sons to watch the Rhine!
    • Max Schneckenburger, Die Wacht am Rhein.
  • Oh, sweet thy current by town and by tower,
    The green sunny vale and the dark linden bower;
    Thy waves as they dimple smile back on the plain,
    And Rhine, ancient river, thou'rt German again!
    • Horace Wallace, Ode on the Rhine's Returning into Germany from France.
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