The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Sturm, Julius

STURM, Julius, German lyric poet: b. Köstritz in Reuss, 21 July 1816; d. Leipzig, 2 May 1896. He studied theology at Jena and was pastor at Göschitz, 1851-57 and at Köstritz, 1857-85. His poems have a decidedly religious or nationalistic trend. Among his published volumes are &lsquo;Two Roses; or, the Canticle of Love&rsquo; (1854); &lsquo;Devout Songs and Poems&rsquo; (1858); &lsquo;Israelite Songs&rsquo; (3d ed., 1881); &lsquo;Poems of Battle and Victory&rsquo; (1870); &lsquo;Mirror of the Time in Fables&rsquo; (1872); &lsquo;To the Lord my Song&rsquo; (1884); &lsquo;Palm and Crown&rsquo; (1887); &lsquo;In Joy and in Sorrow&rsquo; (1896); &lsquo;Für das Haus&rsquo;; &lsquo;Lieder und Bilder&rsquo;; &lsquo;Kampf und Liegesgedichte&rsquo;; &lsquo;Spiegel der Zeit in Fabeln&rsquo;; &lsquo;Kinderleben&rsquo;; &lsquo;Immergrün&rsquo;; &lsquo;Natur, Liebe, Vaterland.&rsquo; Consult the biographies by Hepding (Giessen 1896) and Hoffman (Hamburg 1898).