Many cross the Rhine
In this cup of mine.
Sip old Frankfort air
From my brown Cigar.
In this cup of mine.
Sip old Frankfort air
From my brown Cigar.
(F.107/J.123)
[1] cross:: affliction, misfortune. Rhine:: the area of river Rhine in Germany, and the wine made from grapes growing there.
[3] Frankfort:: a) Frankfort, Illinois (or Indiana), named after Frankfurt am Main, Germany; b) Frankfort, the name of a German city (OED 1823). air:: atmosphere, mood.
[4] Cigar:: with cigar and wine, this leisure immigrant has no cross now.
The number of German Immigrants at the port of New York alone for the year 1854 was 179,648. The whole number of immigrants to America for 1864, according to the reports laid before Congress, was: To the United States . . . 460,474 ─ America By Philip Schaff (1855)