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Der Vampir
Heinrich August Ossenfelder
1748

First published in 1748, Der Vampir is possibly the first-ever reference to a vampire in modern literature. Highly erotic, the poem tells the tale of a scorned lover threatening to seduce an innocent maiden into his world of darkness; a world he believes is far superior to her mother’s pious teachings.

My dear young maiden clingeth
Unbending, fast and firm
To all the long-held teaching
Of a mother ever true;
As in vampires unmortal
Folks on the Theyse’s portal
Heyduck-like do believe.
But my Christine thou dost dally,
And wilt my loving parry
Till I myself avenging
To a vampire’s health a-drinking
Him toast in pale Tockay.
And as softly thou art sleeping
To thee shall I come creeping
And thy life’s blood drain away.
And so shalt thou be trembling
For thus shall I be kissing
And death’s threshold thou’ it be crossing
With fear, in my cold arms.
And last shall I thee question
Compared to such instruction
What are a mother’s charms?

The lexicon of the living vampire.

Father Sebastiaan

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DarkLife
04:22 Jan 09 2023

I have heard of Father Sebastian....

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