Fritz Vonderheiden has selected ten of his favorite poems for translation. Five are taken from German to English and five English to German:

GERMAN

Erlkonig by J. W. von Goethe

Ein Traum by Friedrich von Schiller

Barbarossa by Friedrich Ruckert

Die Lorelei by Heinrich Heine

Du Bist Wie Eine Blume by Heinrich Heine

ENGLISH

Trees by Joyce Kilmer

Sea Fever by John Masefield

Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms by Thomas Moore

Barbara Frietchie by J. G. Whittier

The Last Rose of Summer by Thomas Moore"