Hermann and Dorothea is Goethe's poem written about a German girl who escapes turmoil caused by the French Revolution. This poem's actual basis was the emission of one thousand Protestants from the Archbishop of Salzburg who took refuge in South Germany.
Hermann and Dorothea - Towards the setting sun the two thus went on their journey: Close he had wrapped himself round with clouds portending a tempest. Out from the veil, now here and now there, with fiery flashes, Gleaming over the field shot forth the ominous lightning. "May not these threatening heavens," said Hermann, "be presently sending Hailstones upon us and violent rains; for fair is the harvest."
