Gaudeamus Humorous Poems

"Gaudeamus- Humorous Poems" from Joseph Victor von Scheffel. German poet and novelist (1826-1886).

The following book is a collection of funny poems written by Joseph Victor von Scheffel. He was a German author, and the poems were written during his time studying law at the University of Heidelberg. Featured titles in this book include 'Rodenstein and the Priest', 'Hesiod', 'Asphaltum', 'Hildebrand and Haudebrand', 'The Three Villages', and 'The Wild Army'.

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"[...]humour, in blank trochees with interspersed rhymed poems; it leads us to the forest-town of Sackingen during the second half of the 17th century, and into the neighbouring castle of a baron, whose only daughter is wooed and, at last, won by a young musician, a merry youth, who had been expelled from the University of Heidelberg on account of his noisy behaviour. Nothing can be more humorous than the account of the ex-student's life at Heidelberg, of his duels and his libations beneath the big tun of the castle, [...].""