Editing Friedrich Schiller (section)

==Schiller's burial==
A poem written about the poet's burial:

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Two dim and paltry torches that the raging storm
And rain at any moment threaten to put out.
A waving pall. A vulgar coffin made of pine
With not a wreath, not e'en the poorest, and no train –
As if a crime were swiftly carried to the grave!
The bearers hastened onward. One unknown alone,
Round whom a mantle waved of wide and noble fold,
Followed this coffin. 'Twas the Spirit of Mankind.|[[Conrad Ferdinand Meyer]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Munsterberg|first=Margarete|title=A Harvest of German Verse|url=https://archive.org/details/aharvestgermanv00munsgoog|year=1916|publisher=D. Appleton and Company|location=New York and London|page=[https://archive.org/details/aharvestgermanv00munsgoog/page/n262 242]}}</ref>}}