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Vampire Poetry: "Der Vampir" (1748) Ossenfelder

"Der Vampir"[The Vampire] (1748) by: Heinrich August Ossenfelder

(The lines have been numbered for easier discussion)

My dear young maiden clingeth 1
Unbending, fast and firm 2
To all the long-held teaching 3
Of a mother ever true; 4
As in vampires unmortal 5
Folk on the Theyse's portal 6*
Heyduck-like do believe. 7**
But my Christine thou dost dally, 8
And wilt my loving parry 9
Till I myself avenging 10
To a vampire's health a-drinking
Him toast in pale tockay. 12***

And as softly thou art sleeping 13
To thee shall I come creeping 14
And thy life's blood drain away. 15
And so shalt thou be trembling 16
For thus shall I be kissing 17
And death's threshold thou' it be crossing 18
With fear, in my cold arms. 19
And last shall I thee question 20
Compared to such instruction 21
What are a mother's charms? 22

* Theyse (Tisza): it is the second biggest river in Hangary -- the biggest is the Danube.

** Heyduck: a semimilitary official of seventeenth and eighteenth century Hungary.

*** Tokay: a well known type of Hungarian wine.