Ludwig Tieck

“ As soon as they reached shore, Peter was presented to the Sultan, who took a great liking to him and had him wait upon him at table; he also entrusted to him the care of a splendid garden. Peter was universally popular because in the Sultan eye's he appeared to be so gracious. He often walked alone among the flowers of the garden, and thought of his beloved Magelone; in the evening, he often took up his zither, and sang:
Must I be parted from you?
Must my heart then be unfaithful to you?
No, I do not call that life;
Dying is not so bitter. ”