C.D. Warner, et al., comp. The Library of the World’s Best Literature.
An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.
After the Hunt
By Detlev von Liliencron (18441909)
Translation of Ludwig Lewisohn
T
I seek the forest inn that is my own:
Rifle and cap upon a bench I lay,
Beside the water-pail my dog lies prone.
The inn’s young mistress, in the dying day
Stands still as one from whom all joy has flown:
Then she smiles shyly and half turns away—
The guests’ departure leaves us soon alone.