Hamerling

Hamerling, Robert (1830-1889), an Austrian poet and man of letters. In 1866 his health broke down, and he passed the remainder of his life at Gratz in a state of physical prostration. His poems include Sinnen und Minnen (1860) and other volumes of lyrics, but his best works are his satires, Ahasuer in Rom (1866), Der Konig von Sion (1869), and Homnneulus (1888).