Several of the classical hymns of Germany belong to this period, and resemble in spirit those of [104]Ringwaldt and [105]Helmboldt just quoted. The best are by [106]Schalling and [107]Herberger, both pastors in Silesia, and [108]Pappus, a professor at Strasburg.

We give one of this style by [109]Weingartner, the pastor of Heilbronn, which became a great favourite during the Thirty Years' War, and also a little poem of a more personal character, which belongs to this date, but is of unknown authorship: --