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See also:GLEIM, JOHANN WILHELM See also:LUDWIG (1719-1803) , See also:German poet, was See also:born on the 2nd of See also:April 1719 at Ermsleben, near See also:Halberstadt. Having studied See also:law at the university of See also:Halle he became secretary to See also:Prince See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William of See also:Brandenburg-See also:Schwedt at See also:Berlin, where he made the acquaintance of See also:Ewald von See also:Kleist, whose devoted friend he became. When the prince See also:fell at the See also:battle of See also:Prague, Gleim became secretary to Prince See also:Leopold of See also:Dessau; but he soon gave up his position, not being able to See also:bear the roughness of the " Old Dessauer." After residing a few years in Berlin he was appointed, in 1747, secretary of the See also:cathedral See also:chapter at Halberstadt. " See also:Father Gleim " was the See also:title accorded to him throughout all See also:literary See also:Germany on See also:account of his See also:kind-hearted though inconsiderate and undiscriminating patronage alike of the poets and poetasters of the See also:period. He wrote a large number of feeble imitations of See also:Anacreon, See also:Horace and the See also:minnesingers, a dull didactic poem entitled Halladat See also:oder das rote See also:Buch (1774), and collections of fables and romances. Of higher merit are his Preussische Kriegslieder von einem See also:Grenadier (1758). These, which were inspired by the See also:campaigns of See also:Frederick II., are often distinguished by genuine feeling and vigorous force of expression. They are also noteworthy as being the first of that See also:long See also:series of See also:noble See also:political songs in which later German literature is so See also:rich. With this exception, Gleim's writings are for the most See also:part tamely See also:commonplace in thought and expression. He died at Halberstadt on the 18th of See also:February 1803.
Gleim's Samtliche Werke appeared in 7 vols. in the years 181'-1813; a reprint of the Lieder eines Grenadiers was published by
A. Sauer in 1882. A See also:good selection of Gleim's See also:poetry will be found in F. Muncker, Anakreontiker and preussisch-patriotische Lyriker (1894). See W. Korte, Gleims Leben aus seinen Briefen and Schriften (1811). His See also:correspondence with See also:Heinse was published in 2 vols. (1894-1896), with Uz (1889), in both cases edited by C. Schuddekopf.
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