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The Reed and the Stake

A poem by Ottmar Rabe, published 4 January 1819.

The work

  • 244 lines. First printed in the Herald.

A poem, work no. 203 in the catalogue kept by the Ministry of Education.

The creator

Ottmar Rabe, merchant, born 1 December 1788 at Weinfeld; died 28 March 1850. The register gives the creator's occupation as merchant, which is not the occupation the work suggests; the register is not concerned with what it suggests.