Epic poem · 1780

Oberon

A Poem, from the German of Wieland

by Christoph Martin Wieland

Translated by William Sotheby (1798; 2nd ed. 1805)

Wieland's romance of the knight Huon of Bordeaux, sent by Charlemagne to Babylon and helped by the fairy king Oberon, who has sworn to reconcile with his queen Titania only when a faithful pair keep their vows through every trial; Sotheby's English verse version of the German epic.

Contents · 12 parts

• Canto Iabout 660 lines
• Canto IIabout 500 lines
• Canto IIIabout 590 lines
• Canto IVabout 580 lines
• Canto Vabout 770 lines
• Canto VIabout 430 lines
• Canto VIIabout 840 lines
• Canto VIIIabout 710 lines
• Canto IXabout 570 lines
• Canto Xabout 490 lines
• Canto XIabout 590 lines
• Canto XIIabout 840 lines

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