Germany is fighting the influence of Metternich.

We students are flapping our young wings.

A great day is dawning for the world.

And I am off to America! What is stirring there?
I am bound for the Middle West of that great land.

What is it like?
Shall I ever return?
What will my life be?
These are my reflections as I prepare to sail.
I take passage on the _Columbia and Caledonia_.