Produced by Charles Franks, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Al Haines. UNDINE BY DE LA MOTTE FOUQUE TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY F. E. BUNNETT CONTENTS. DEDICATION CHAPTER I. HOW THE KNIGHT CAME TO THE FISHERMAN II. IN WHAT WAY UNDINE HAD COME TO THE FISHERMAN III. HOW THEY FOUND UNDINE AGAIN IV. OF THAT WHICH THE KNIGHT ENCOUNTERED IN THE WOOD V. HOW THE KNIGHT LIVED ON THE LITTLE PROMONTORY VI. OF A NUPTIAL CEREMONY VII. WHAT FURTHER HAPPENED ON THE EVENING OF THE WEDDING VIII. THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING IX. HOW THE KNIGHT TOOK HIS YOUNG WIFE WITH HIM X. HOW THEY LIVED IN THE CITY XI. THE ANNIVERSARY OF BERTALDA'S NAME-DAY XII. HOW THEY DEPARTED FROM THE IMPERIAL CITY XIII. HOW THEY LIVED AT CASTLE RINGSTETTEN XIV. HOW BERTALDA RETURNED HOME WITH THE KNIGHT XV. THE JOURNEY TO VIENNA XVI. HOW IT FARED FURTHER WITH HULDBRAND XVII. THE KNIGHT'S DREAM XVIII. HOW THE KNIGHT HULDBRAND IS MARRIED XIX. HOW THE KNIGHT HULDBRAND WAS BURIED DEDICATION. Undine, thou image fair and blest, Since first thy strange mysterious glance, Shone on me from some old romance, How hast thou sung my heart to rest! How hast thou clung to me and smiled, And wouldest, whispering in my ear, Give vent to all thy miseries drear, A little half-spoiled timorous child! Yet hath my zither caught the sound, And breathed from out its gates of gold, Each gentle word thy lips have told, Until their fame is spread around. And many a heart has loved thee well, In spite of every wayward deed, And many a one will gladly read, The pages which thy history tell. I catch the whispered hope expressed, That thou should'st once again appear; So cast aside each doubt and fear, And come, Undine! thou spirit blest! Greet every noble in the hall, And greet 'fore all, with trusting air, The beauteous women gathered there; I know that thou art loved by all. And if one ask thee after me, Say: he's a true and noble knight, Fair woman's slave in song and fight And in all deeds of chivalry. UNDINE. CHAPTER I. HOW THE KNIGHT CAME TO THE FISHERMAN.