$>eine. Ibeatb's fIDofcern language Series. SELECTIONS HEINE'S POEMS. EDITED, WITH NOTES, BY HORATIO STEVENS WHITE, Professor of German, Harvard University. BOSTON, U. S. A. : D. C. HEATH & CO., PUBLISHERS, 1905 Copyright, 1890, BY D. C. HEATH & Co. PREFACE. IN making the following selections from Heine's verse, the editor was guided by the desire to present to the reader only those poems to which one might wish or be willing to recur. The complete works of Heine are readily accessible ; and a number of specimens have therefore been omitted here which would have been merely characteristic of certain phases of Heine's genius when the poet apparently was working without a reason or an aim. Specimens, containing an undue mixture in the true Lucretian sense of the amari aliquid, of unsanctified wit, and marked by a reckless and conscienceless if not blasphemous irresponsibility. Heine's writings suffered greatly from a hostile censorship during his lifetime. They have suffered more from the lack of a friendly censorship since his death. But one must judge him by the best which he has written as well as by the worst, and for the omission of specimens of the latter surely little apology is needed. It is hoped that a sufficient variety has yet been included to indicate fairly the peculiar powers and passions of the poet, the fine quality of his pellucid (iii) 2052532 IV PREFACE. style, his mastery of rippling versification, his conscious and unconscious echoings of the traits and themes of the popular ballad, his varied portrayals of the pangs of despised love, and all the fancied joy and woe of lovers, his delicate and picturesque interweaving of the life of nature with the life of man in mutual suggestiveness, his eloquent pictures of the sea in storm and calm, no common refrain in German song, his uncontrolled and harlequin witticisms, his chronic cynicism and wanton travesties of sentiment, his quick and merciless perception of the unlovely foibles and ludicrous weaknesses of his nation and his race, his stinging innuendoes against the decadent aristocracy of the old regime, his genuine though ineffective devotion to his land, and to Israel too, his ' hatred of their arbitrary oppressors, his heedlessly patriotic utterances, alternating with the jingling of the jester's bells, and the final flickering dirges of his valiant but unavailing struggle with disease and death. It is easier to be generous to Heine than to be just ; for justice to so inconsistent a personality would require the most painful counter- balancing of opposing qualities. Every- where in his poetry we trace the continual conflict of the impulse toward a high and serious purpose with the stronger impulse to deride and to deny. In him the noble gift of poetic expression was entrusted to unworthy and even frivolous hands. His was a life without a moral centre ; and in the midst of his most moving utterances one must PREFACE. V ever question his absolute sincerity. But despite all half- indignant doubts, his lyrics still beguile the unwary heart, and his airy mockery charms and entertains. Nor can we refuse to recognize in his political stanzas the voice of a lover of his country, uplifted in behalf of greater civil as well as greater intellectual liberty. HORATIO S. WHITE. ITHACA, N. Y. June, 1890. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Bud? bcr Cieber. cibcn. \s\7- ^82^ 2ieber. No. PACK 1. 2ftorgen8 fteh/ id) auf unb frage ...... 3 2. < treibt mid) f)in, e treibt mid) tjer 3 3. Sieb SHebdjen, leg's anbd)en ouf crje mein ... 4 4. @d)5ne SBiege meiner Seiben ...... 4 5. SSerg' unb 33urgen jcijaun ^erunter ..... 5 6. SlnfangS tt)oUt' id) faft berjagen ..... 6 7. 2KU JRofen, (Jupreffen rtnb gtittergolb ..... 6 SRomangen. 8. SBergfltmtne ......... 8 9. 2)ie renabiere ........ .8 10. SBelfajer .......... 10 11. 2>er munbe fitter ........ 12 12. 2ln etne angerin ........ 12 @ o n e 1 1 e. 13. 2(n meine Gutter S3. e i n e, ebonte wan elbern. 1 . 14 !* n n n n n H n 2 . 15. 2tn (5f)niiian @(et^e) ........ 15 16. 2Bte nd^m' bie Slrmutl) balb bei mir ein 6nbe ... 16 1822^823. 17. 3m roiinberfdjonen 2ftonat 2Rai ...... 17 18. 2)te 9Jofe, bie ?ilje, bie aube, bie @oniie .... 17 19. >ie ?otoblume dngfttgt ....... 18 (vii) Vlil TABLE OF CONTENTS. No. PAGE 20. 3luf meiner ergltebften Slitgelein 18 21. 2Bie tie SBellenfdjaumgeborene 18 22. 3d) grolle ntdjt, unb toenn ba er$ aud) bridjt . . 19 23. 3a, bu bift elcnb, unb id) grofle ntd)t . ... . .19 24. o b,aft bu gang unb gar toergeffen 20 25. @ie Ijaben bir 25iel erjab,Iet 20 26. ie (Srbe nmr fo lange geijig 21 27. tlnb al8 id) fo lange, jo lange gefaumt 21 28. 2)ie blaiten 33eild)en ber Sugelein 22 29. 3)ie 2BeIt ift fo fdjon unb ber immel jo blau ... 22 30. (Sin gidjtenbaum fie^t einfam 22 31. 6in 3ungUng Uebt ein 2Kabd)en 23 32. 2tu alien 2Uard)en tuinft e8 . . 23 33. @ie ^aben mid) gequalet 24 34. SBenn mei toon einanber fdjetben 25 35. 2tet ^reugweg ttirb begraben 25 Die I?etmfeljr. \&23 \82^. 36. 3n mein gar gu bundles ?eben 26 37. 3d) meifc nidjt, tt)a8 foU e bebeuten 26 38. 2Mn erj, mein erj ijl traurig 27 39. 3)u fd)bne gifdjermabdjen 28 40. SSenn id) an beinem aufe 29 41. tiE ifi bie ftadjt, e8 ru^en bie affen 30 42. $>ie 3itngfrau fdjlaft in ber hammer .... 30 43. a ift ein fd)ted)te SBetter ...... 31 44. @ie liebten ftd) Seibe, bod) teiner 32 45. Unb al id) eud) meine @d)mergen geHagt .... 32 46. 2Kein Sinb, mir n)aren ^finber 32 47. 2Bte ber SRonb fid) leudjtenb Dranget 34 48. 9htn ift e 3eit, baf id) mit SSerftanb .... 34 49. Ser;$, mein erj, fei nid)t beftommen 35 50. i)u bift ie etne SBlume ....... 35 51. 2)teg ba braiifeen d)nee ftd) th,unnen 36 52. s )Inbre beten gur 2ftabonne 36 53. 3u fragmentarifd) ift SBett unb ?eben 36 TABLE OF CONTENTS. IX No. PAGB 54. 3)u b,aft iamanten unb ^Serlen ..... 37 55. ie 2Ballfah,rt nod) tolaar. 13 . ... 38 21us ber fjarsreife. {824;. 56. ^rolog .......... 42 57. s Jtuf bent arbenberge ........ 43 58. 2>te3lfe .......... 44 Die Horbfee. ^825 \826. (Srfter Stilus. 59. Sbenbbammerung ........ 46 60. ^ofeibon .......... 47 61. 2tteerefKUe .......... 49 62. eegefpenft ......... 50 63. nfteergrufe .......... 53 64. ftragen .......... 55 65. ee!rontl)eit ......... 56 66. gpifog .......... 58 altercr (Scbtcfjtc. \s\6- \82$. 3u ben jTvanmbilbern. 67. 2>eittfd)lanb. @in Xraum ....... 60 3u ben Siebern. 68. 2)ie bit btfl jo fdjon itnb rein ...... 64 3u ben 9? o man^en. 69. S)te ?eb,re .......... 65 3u ben @onetten. 70. 2>a projeftierte 5)enhnal oetf)eS ju ftranffnrt am Wain 66 n 3nternteyo. 71. d^bne, b,eHe, golbne terne ....... 67 72. greunbjdjaft, ?iebe, @tein ber SBeijen .... 67 X TABLE OF CONTENTS. No. PACK 3ur eimfel)r. 73. 3n ben ^fiffen roeldje Sfige 68 74. 3a, g-reunb lu'er unter ben Sinben 68 ebidjte au bem ftadjlafj bis 1830. 75. SDafj id) bid) liebe, o 2opd)en 69 <5efcid?te. (18281842.) Hcncr ^riitjltng. 1828 \85\. 76. Prolog 70 77. 3n bem SBalbe jpriefjt unb griint eS 71 78. elomraen tp ber 2ate 71 79. ?eije gie^t burc^ metn ernfitf) .71 80. 2)er djmetterltng ifi in bie 5Rofe aerliebt :">'.. 72 81. 2)ie blanen grii^lingaugen . . , . . .72 82. 2Jiit beinen blauen Slugen ....... 73 83. SBie bcs 5Konbe Ibbilb gittert .... ^ . 73 84. 3)er Srief, ben bu gefdjrteben 74 85. @terne ntit ben golbnen gii^en .... .74 Derfdnebene. 86. SBanbl' id) in bem SBalb be8 3lbenb .... 75 87. 3n bem fttQen 3Jieerejlranbe ...... 75 88. (S8 ragt in 9Keer ber SRunenfletn ..... 76 89. 3t^ bin nun fiinfnnbbretjjig 3ab,r' alt . . . . .76 90. 2)a gelbe ?aub erjittert .78 SRomanjen. 1839 1842. 91. Sb,tlbe arolb 79 92. 2lnno 1829 79 93. 2(nno 1839 . 81 94. Segegnung 82 3eitgebid)te. 1839 1846. 95. SSarnung 84 96. 5Bei beS 9?ad)ttt)arf)ter Slnfunft ju *Pari ... 84 TABLE OF CONTENTS. XI No. PACT 97. 2ebenfob,rt 86 98. 3>ie Senbenj _ . 86 99. 3ur 23entb,igung 87 100. 2)eutfrf)Ianb 89 101. 9?ad)tgeban!en 90 102. 3>te SBeber 91 ?ieber. 103. SBo? 93 Detitfcfylanb. Gin SBintmnSrdjen. 1844. 104114. 2(ii 2)eutf$lanb 94125 Homanccro. (18461851.) i fl o r i e it. 115. @iefeit8 unb jenfeits be 9tyein ..... 129 118. ie enget .......... 130 119. 2tlte tfaminfiiicf ........ 131 120. 3ln bie Sungen ......... 132 121. $.=3ammer ......... 133 122. ?ebeo^l .......... 133 123. SBanbere! .......... 134 124. $uto*ba=fe .......... 134 ? a s a r 11 . 125. SBdtloitf ......... 136 126. tffuge terne ......... 136 127. 2flortol)ine ......... 137 128. a einfl fo ttnlb bte Sntfi burd)gliib,t, 3b,r atten bumpf unb triibe? ie @ngel, S)ie nennen e immelfreub', S)te Seufel, S)ie nennen e 6IIenleib, 2>ie SDlenfdjen, 2)ie nennen e ?iebe !* [Zroumbilber; t.8.] Sic ^ilifler, bte 33ef$ranften, 2)iefe geiftig (Singeengten, 2>arf man nie unb nimmer nerfen. 3lber rteite, Huge SBiffen ftets in unjren ?ieb' nnb greunbf^aft ju entbedten. [SIuS bem EDartct nur. SBeil i^ fo gang ttoraflgli^ bli^e, laubt ib,r, baf8 ic^ nidjt bonnem fonnf ! 3b,r irrt end) feb,r, benn ic^ beft^e leid)fall fur' onnern ein Solent. (58 rtrirb ftd^ graufenb,aft bewa^ren, 2Benn einfl erf^eint ber redjte ag ; ann foflt ib,r meine ttmme b,oren, 2)a Sonnerniort, ben 2Betterfcf)lag. ar mantle (Sit^e roirb Sin jenem Sag ber milbe turrn, ar mandjer ^aflaft wtrb ergtttern Unb flflrjen manner ^tr^ent^urm ! 9Jr. 28.] (2) 3 u n g e Sei (\8\7-\S2\.) If ufrer. i. 1)te JJtorgeng fteb/ id; auf unb fragc: $ommt 5etnIiebd^en fyeut? 2lbenb finf ' ify fyn unb flage : 2lublteb fte aucfy beut. ^n ber ^Jiadbt mit mernem Summer Sieg' \$ frf>Iaflo, ioad^ ; ^rdumenb, h>ie tm i>alben glummer, 2BanbIe id bet 2. 5)tc Stunlicn. treibt mid^ t>tn, e treibt mid) b,er ! ;Jiocf) toenige tunben, bann fott id; fie fcfyauen, ie felber, bie fdjionfte ber fd;6nen ^ungfrauen;- 3)u treueS ^erj, iuag ^od;ft bu fo fd;tret ! (3) (SeMcfyte. IDie tunben finb aber ein fauleS djleppen ftib, befyaglid) trdge, cb,Ieidb,en gafynenb ifyre 2Bege ; Xummle btcfy, bu f aule obenbe 6ilc mic^ tretbenb erfafft ! 3lber toot)l niemal^ Itebten bie >oren; ^etmltd^ im graufamen 33unbe berfd^tooren, gotten fie tiidftfd} ber Siebenben 3. 2ieb Siebd^en, leg'g ^janbcfyen auf erje mein;- Sldf), fyorft bu, h)ie'g pocket im ^ammerletn ? $)a l>aufet ein ^inwrermann fcfylimm unb arg, 4 3)er jimmert mir einen ^obtenfarg. @ fyammert unb flo^fet bei 5ag unb bet -ftacfyt. @ b, at tnicft, fd^on la'ngft um ben cfylaf gebroct)t. 2ld9, f^nitet eudp, SJMfter 8 ' 3)amit 169 balbe f d^Iaf en !ann ! 4. Jiebeaof)!. d^one SBiege meiner Seiben, d^oneS rabmal meiner 3tub,, eft, one tabt, h)ir miiffen fc^eiben, 2cbe toobl ! ruf ' id) bit ju. Sebe tool)l, bu fyeil'ge (SdfttoeHe, 2Bo ba toanbelt Siebcfyen traut ; Sebe toofyl, bu fyeil'ge tette, 2Bo id) fie juerft gefd;aut. id) btcfy boc^ nie gefe(>en, (Sd^one ^erjensfontgin! dimmer tear' e bann gefcfyefyen, 12 3)af td^ je^t fo el.enb bin. 37ie toottt' id) bein >erje rii^ren, 2iebe fyab' id) nie erfle^t; 9Zur ein ftiHe Seben fii^ren 16 SBoUt' id), too bein Dbem toe^t. 25od) bu brdngft mid) felbft toon fyinnen, SBittre 2Borte tyrid;t bein 3)cunb ; SBa^nftnn toiifylt in meinen innen, 20 ' Unb mein erj ift tranf unb tounb. Unb bie lieber matt unb trcige <5d)Ie^^' id) fort am SBanberftab, S5i mein miibeS au^t id) lege 24 geme in ein fiii)Ie rab. 5. 3Inf bcm ' unb S3urgen fd)aun f>erunter, $n ben f^iegel^etten Sttjein, Unb mein ein. <5e6id)tc. feb/ id) 311 bem Spiele olbner 2Betten, frau betoegt ; till ertoacfyen bie efiifyle, 2)ie \ fo freunblid^ nicfen, 16 fidd^elt aud^ fo fromm unb milb. 6. 2lnfang icoUt' td& faft berjagen, Unb id) glaubt', id^ trilg' e me ; Unb id^> fy ab' e boc^) getragen, - 2lber fragt mid^ nur nicfyt: tote? 7. , S^reffcn unb glittcrgolb t' icb, berjiercn Ueblid^ unb ^olb tote etnen ^obtenfc^rein, 4 Unb fargen meine Steber fyinein. D, lonnt' ic^ bie 2iebe fargen b,inju ! 2lm rabe ber Siebe todd^ft Slumlein ber Ciebcr. &a bliifyt e Berber, ba tofliicft man e ab, $>od) mir bliifyt'S nur, tuenn id) felber im rab. finb nun bie Sieber, bte etnft fo toilb, 2Bie ein Sabaftrom, ber bem Sltna entquittt, ^erborgeftiirjt au bcm tiefften emiit^, Unb rtng totel bli^enbe ftun Itegen fte ftumm iinb tobtengleicfy, ftarren fie lalt unb nebelbleicfy. auf 3^eu' bie alte lutfy fie belebt, 1 6 SBenn ber Siebe eift etnft liber fie fcfytoebt. Unb e totrb im Bergen biel Slfmung laut 2)er Siebe eift etnft iiber fie t^aut ; Csinft fommt bie 33u$ in beine 20 u fitfjeS Steb im fernen Sanb. 2)ann loft fid^ be Siebc? ie blaffen Sud^ftaben fc^aun bid) an, @te fdiauen bir flefyenb in fd^i? 24 Unb fluftern mit SSe^mut^> unb Retries d5ebid}te. , m a n & n. SBergfttmme. Gin better burd) ba Sergtfyal jiefyt 3m traurig ftiflen rab : ,,%<$ ! jiefy' id) je^t ioof)I in Ste6d^en 3lrm / 4 Dbergie&'tcfyinSbunfleGkab?" 3)ie Sergftimm' 2lntioort gab : bunfle rab !" Unb iueiter reitet ber 9leitermann, 8 Unb f eufjet f djtoer baju : ,,0 jiet>' id? benn ^m in rab fo friii), 2Bof)Ian, im rab ift 9tu^> !" 2)ie (Stimme f^rad; baju : 12 fr 3 9leitermann eine StF)rane rottt 5Bon ber 2Bange fummerbott: rf Unb ift nur im rabe bie 9tufye fiir mid?, 16 <5o ift mir im rabe toofyl." 2)ie timm' ertoibert ^1: ,3m rabe toofyl !" 9. $te rcnabicrc. ^ranlreid; gogen jtoei renabter', S)ie toaren in 3hifIanb gefangen. llnb al fie !amen in beutfd^e Duartier, 6ie liefeen bie ^opfe bangen. gotten fie SBeibe bie traurige granfreid) toerloren gegangen, Sefiegt unb jerfdjlagen ba3 grojje eer, Unb ber $aifer, ber $aifer gefangen. 2) a toeinten gufammen bie renabier' 2Bob,l ob ber flaglicb,en ^unbe. 2)er 6ine f^rad^ : ,,3Sie h)e^ h?irb mir, 2Sie brennt meine alte 2Bunbe !" 2lnbre f^rac^) : rr 2)a 2ieb ift au id^ ntod^t' mit bit fterben, $ fyab' id? 2Beib unb ^inb ju au, 16 3)te ob,ne mid? berberben."" r ,2Ba fd^ert mid^ 2Beib, h)a frfjert mi ^d^ trage toeit beffre^ SBerlangen; 2af fte betteln gefyn, toenn fie i;ungrig finb, 20 SJiein ^aifer, mein ^aifer gefangen ! r.Oehjd^r tnir, Sruber, eine 33itt' : JBenn id^ je^t fterben toerbe, @o nimm meine Seiche naty $ranfreid) mit, 24 S3egrab mid^ in granfreic&, @rbe. b.renfreuj am rotten 33anb (Sottft bu auf er^ mir legen; 2)ie $linte gieb mir in bie anb, 2& Unb giirt mir um ben 2)egen. ,,enaifer, ben aifer j 10. )ie 9Jiitternad^t jog nafyer fd^on ; n ftummer 9tu^ lag Sab^lon. oben in b S)a flaofert', ba lartnt 2)ort oben in bem fetn fa^en in fd^tmmernben Unb leerten bie 33e$er mit funfelnbem SSein. f lirrten bie Seeder, e jaudfoten bie flang e bem ftorrigen ^onige recf>t. Sangen leud^ten 2Bein ertou^S if>m ledEer Unb blinblingS reifjt ber 3Kut^> il>n fort ; Unb er Idftert bie ottfyeit mit fiinbigem SSort. Unb er briiftet ftd^ fred^, unb Idftert hnlb ! 16 2)te ^nerf)tenfd9ar i^m Seifatt briiHt. 2)er ^onig rief mit ftoljem SBUdf ; 35er 2)iener eilt unb fef>rt guriid. (r trug Diet gulben eratfy auf bem 3)a tear au bem empel ^efyotoa&S geraubt. Unb ber $onig ergriff mit fretoler >anb (inen fyeiligen SBed^er, gefiiQt bt am 3ftanb. Unb er leert tfyn ^afttg 6t auf ben runb. 2 4 Unb rufet laut mtt fcf)dumenbem 9Jlunb : .^efyotoafy ! bit liinb' id^ auf ehng o^n, > bin ber $dm toon SabIon !" faum ba^ graufe 2Bort berflang, 28 35em ^ontg toarb<3 {>etmltc^ im 33ufen bang. !Da geHenbe Sadden berftummte jumal ; G rourbe leicfjenftitt im Saal. Unb fiei) ! unb ftefy ! an tuei^er 2Banb 3 2 3)a fam' Berber, h)ie -Sienfcfyenljanb ; Unb frf)rieb,. unb fcfyrieb an tcei^er SBanb S3urf)ftaben Don geuer, unb fd^rieb unb fdjtoanb. 2)er ^onig ftieren SlidS ba fajj, 3 6 3Rit fd^totternben nien unb tobtenblafg. 3)ie 5lnedbtenfd;ar fafc fait burd^graut, Unb fa^ gar fttff, gab feinen Saut. 3)ie 9Kagier famen, bod; Reiner tterftanb 40 3 U beuten bie gffammenfdfyrift an ber 9Sanb. 93elfajer toarb aber in felbiger SSon feinen ^ned;ten umgebrad;t. 12 Retries (BeMcfyte. 11. $>er ttwttbe 9titter. %t!" 2)a ioiirben ico^I atte fd^ltieigen, 9?ur nicf)t fein eigener d^mcrj ; a miifft' er bie Sanje neigen 16 2Biber eigne Hagenbe 12. 9ln cine oitgerin. ?ll fie eine alte SRomanje fang. $cf) benfe nod) ber gauberbotten, JBie fie guerft mein 2(uge faty ! 2Bie if>re 2^one Ueblirf) !Iangen Unb f)eimlic^ fit^ in erje brangen, ntrottten ^^ranen meinen 2Bangen %3) n>uffte nirf)t, h)ie mir 13 Gin raum ioar iiber micfy gefommen ; 9JMr ttmr, al3 fei icfy nocfy ein $inb, Unb fcijje ftifl beim Sampcfyenfcfyeine $n 9Jiutter fromtnem $d'mmerleine, Unb lafe SKard^en, lounberfetne, 2)eriueilen brau^en 9tac^t tmb 2Binb. 2)te SRard^en fangen an gu leben, 3)ie fitter fteigen au ber ruft ; SBei ^onjiSbal, ba gtebt'g ein treiten, 16 2)a !ommt err Sfolanb f^erjuretten, SSiel' fii{>ne 2)egen ifm begletten, leiber anelon, ber cfyuft. h)irb IKolanb fdE)Iimm gebetlet, @r fcfyttnmmt in S3Iut, unb at^met laum ; morf)te fern fein ^agbbornjeid^en ^r be grojjen ^arl erretd^en, a muf ber fitter fcfion erbleid^en - Unb mit ifym ftirbt jugleidj mein h)ar ein laittbertoorrne fatten, i4) au meinen Xrd'umen rief. SSerflungen tear jet bie Segenbe, ie Seute fd^Iugen in bie anbe Unb riefen ,,53rat>o!" oi>ne nbe; 3)ie 6dngerin berneigt fief) tief. 14 f^eines (Sebidjte. j&antttt. 2tn mctnc 2Jlttcr S3. $eine, geborne nan elbern. 13. %< bin's getoob,nt, ben $opf recfyt b,od 311 tragen, 3Jiein inn i[t aucfy ein biScfyen ftarr unb jafye; 9Benn [elbft ber ^ontg mir in Slntli^ fci^e, ^d^ toiirbe ntdbt bie 2(ugen nieberfc^Iagen. 2)ocfy, liebe -Stutter, offen totE icf>' fagen: 2Bie mdd^ttg au$ metn ftoljer 2Rut^ fid bla^e, ^n beiner felig fii^en, trauten -ftci^e Grgreift mi$ oft ein bemutbboHeS 3 a S en - ^ft e bein etft, ber ^eimltd^ mid) begtotnget, 3)etn Fjo^er eift, ber 2ltte fitfm burc^bringet, Unb blt|enb ft$ gum ^itnmelelicfrte f d^ioinget ? Qualt mi$ (Srtnnerung, baf i$ beriibet (So manrf>e SCb,at, bie bir ba erj betriibet, fcb, one erj, ba mi$ fo f efyr geliebet ! 14. 3m toHen Sffia^n ^atf id? bid} einft berlaffen, 3$ ioollte gefyn bie ganje 2BeIt ju Gnbe, Unb toottte febn, ob icb, bie Siebe fanbe, Urn liebeboll bie Siebe ju umfajfen. Sonette. 15 2)ie Siebe fud^te icf> auf often aff en, 33or jeber Satire ftrecft' icfy au bie >dnbe, Unb bettelte urn gringe SiebeSfpenbe, 3)ocf> larfjenb gab man mir nur !alte affen. Unb immer irrte id^ nadf> Siebe, immer ftacf) Siebe, bod^ bie 2iebe fanb id) nimmer, Unb febrte urn nad^) ^aufe, Iran! iinb triibe. jDod^ ba bift bu entgegen mir gefommen, Unb acfy ! h)a ba in beinem Slug' gefcfytoommen, tear bie fiifje, langgefud^te 2iebe. 8tn b'liriftinii @. 15. ^d^ tacfye ob ben abgefd^madften Saffen, 3)ie mirf> anglo^en mit ben Socf3gefufytern ; %ie fid^ aufbldbn ju ftoljen eiftegric^tern ; %d) lacfye ob ben feigen SBofetoic^tern, ie midp bebroF>n mit giftgetrdnften 2Baffen. h)enn be liicfe^ fyiibfcfye (Siebenfac^en toon bc ic!fal3 ^cinben ftnb jerbroc^en, Unb fo ju unfem ^it^en ^ingefd^miffen ; Unb foenn ba erj im Seibe ift jerriffen, 3erriffen, unb jerfdmitten, unb jerftod^en, )ann bleiBt un bod^ ba fcfyone gette Sadden. 16 Denies <>ebid}te. 16. 2Bie nafym' bie 2lrmutfy balb bei mir ein dinbe, JBiifjt' id} ben Pnfel funftgered^t ju fufyren Unb i>ub[d^ mit Bunten Silbern 511 berjieren 4 3)er ^ird^en unb ber d^Ioffer ftolje 35?dnbe. SBie floffe balb mir ju be olbeg SBiifft' id^) auf gloten, etgen unb (So riifyrenb unb fo fein ju muftcteren, rn unb 2)atnen flatfd;ten in bie anbe. , ar geftanben efynen unb SSerlangen. 18. 2)ie 3lofe, bie Stlje, bie ^aube, bte onne, 25ie Uebt' ic^ einft atte in Siebeetoonne. %$ lieb' fie nid^t me^r, icf) Hebe affeinc 25ie 5lleine, bie t$tmt, bie 3teine, bie (Sine ; ie felber, aUer Siebe Sronne, ^ft 9tofe unb Silje unb Staube unb <2onne. (IT) 18 19. 3)ie SotoSblume cingftigt id) bor ber <5onne $radb,t, Unb mit gefenttem aupte rtoartet fie trdumenb bie -ftacfyt. SDer 3Konb, )er ift i @r iuetft fie mit feinem Sicfyt, Unb ifym entfd^Ieiert fie freunblid^ $E)r frommeS 33Iumengeftc^t. @ie blii{>t unb glii^t unb leucfjtet Unb ftarret ftiimm in bie 5^' ; erj aud^ brirfjt, berlorne^ 2ieb ! id? grotte nid)t. 2Bie bu cwcfe, ftrai)Ift in 2)iamantenbrad)i, (gg fdHt fein bie ?iad)t in beine erjen Stauni, Unb fab, bie @d)Iang', bie bir am erjen frifft, ^d) fab,, mein 2ieb r toie feb,r bu elenb bift. 23. , bu bift elenb, unb id? groHe nidjt ; Sieb, h)ir fatten beibe elenb fein. SBiS ung ber Stob ba franfe erje brid^t, 4 -Stein 2ieb, toir foffen beibe elenb fein. SSob, I feb/. id) pott, ber beinen SJiunb umfd^toebt, Unb feb,' bein 2luge bitten trotjiglid?, Unb feb,' ben tolj, ber beinen Sufen b,ebt, 8 Unb elenb bift bu bod), elenb toie id). Unftdjtbar judit aud) , 4 3$ aber bin nidjrt ju lacfyen fapabel. 2)ie SBlumen f^rie^en, bie I6c!Iein SDie 3Sogel f^red^en toie in ber gabel ; SRir aber hnH ba ef^rcid^ nid^t gefatten, 8 3dj finbe 3ltteg miferabel. SJlenfdbenboIl mid^ ennu^ieret, ogar ber greunb, ber fonft ^affabel ; 2)a3 lommt, toeil man ,,5Diabam" titulieret 3Kein fii^e Siebcfyen, fo fii unb aimabel. 27. Unb al \d) fo lange, fo lange gefaumt, $n fremben 2anben gefcfytodrmt unb getrdumt : 2>a toarb meiner Siebften ju lang bie 3ett, Unb fie ndfyete ficb, etn ^od^jeitfleib, Unb b,at mit jdrtlic^en 2lrmen umfdjlungen 311^ Srdut'gam ben biimmften ber bummen ^ungen. 3Jlein 2iebden ift fo fdb,6n unb milb, ftocb, fd^iuebt bor mir ib,r fitfjeS Silb ; !Die 5SeiId^enaugen, bie -Wofentodnglein, 25te glii^en unb bliifyen, ja^rau, ja^rein. 2)afg id^ toon folcfyem 2ieb' fonnt' toeid^en, 2Bar ber biimmfte bon meinen bummen treictyen. 22 ^etnes (Sebtcfyte. 28. 35te blauen SBetlcfjen ber $ugeletn 3)te rotten 9lofen ber 2Bd'ngeletn, S)ie toeifcen Stljen ber >cinbcfyen !letn, 2)te bliifyen unb blut>en nod> immerfo^ Unb nur bag >erj$en ift berborrt. 29. 35ie SSelt ift fo fd^on unb ber |rimmel fo blau, Unb bte ?iifle loe^en fo Unb unb fo. lau, Unb bte Slumen toinfen auf blil^enber 2lu, Unb funfeln unb gli^ern tm -Btorgentfyau, Unb bie 3Renfd^en jubeln, toofyin id^ fc^au' Unb bod) modjt' id^ tm rabe liegen, Unb tntcfy an ein tobteS Stebc^en fc^mtegen. 30. in $tctenbaum fte^t einfam 3nt 9?orben auf fabler 5^', 3^n fc^Iafert; mit toetjjer 5Decfe Um^iillcn t^n @i unb c^nee. 6r trdumt bon etner S)te fern tm 2RorgenIanb (Stnfam unb fdpioeigenb irauert Sluf brennenber ^yclfentoanb. Cyrifcfyes 31. @in Bungling liebt ein Sftd'bcfyen, 3)ie fyat einen 2lnbern ertoafylt ; 2)er 2lnbre liebt eine Slnbre, Unb f>at fid^) mit iefer toermafylt. 3Jiabdf>en ^eirat^et au tger erften, beftett 3Rann, i^r in ben 2Beg gelaufen ; SDer ^tingling ift ubel bran. 6^ ift eine alte efcfyi^te, S)od; bleibt fie immer neu ; Unb toem fie juft paffieret, 2)em bric^t ba erj entjtoei. 32. alien 9Jidrd^en loinft e erbor mit toeijjer anb, 3) a fingt e unb ba Ilingt eg SSon einem 3auberlanb, 9Bo gro^e Slumen fd^maten, ^m golbnen ^benblicl^t, Unb gartlid) fid) betrad;ten Slit brautlidjem efic^t; - 2Bo atte Sciume fpred^en, Unb fingen, h)ie ein Sf>or, Unb laute QueHen bred;en 2Bie Stanjmufi! 24 fjeines (BeMcfyte. Unb SiebeStoeifen tonen, 2Bie bu fie nie gefyort, 33i hwnberfiifjeS (Seljmen 16 3)i$ tounberfitfj betb, ort ! 3lcfy, fonnf icfy bortfyin fommen, Unb bort metn erj erfreun, Unb otter Dual entnommen, Unb fret unb feltg fetn ! ! jene Sanb ber SBonne e^' \tf) oft im raum ; !ommt bie Sftorgenfonne, 33. aben mid^ gequalet, eargert blau unb blafg, 2)te inen mit i^rer Siebe, 2)ie 3lnbem mit ib,rem af. @te b,aben ba Srot mir bergiftet, re fte, bie mid(> am meiften equalt, gedrgert, betriibt, !Die ^at micfy nie ge^affet, ia Unb fyat mid^ nie geliebt. 3ntcrmc550. 25 34. SBenn 3toet toon einanber fcfyeiben, <5o geben fie \\acf)ft eine blaue SBIume, 2)ie Slrmefiinberblum'. 3lm ^reujtoeg ftanb ic^) unb f euf jte ; 2)te 9iacf)t toar fait unb ftumm. ^m 9Jtonbf$ein beh>egte fid^ langfam 3)ie Slrmefunberblum', Die f?etmfefjr. (18231824.) 36. $n mein gar 311 bunfleS Seben trab, Ite einft ein fujjeS 33ilb ; Sftun ba3 fiijje SBilb erbltcfyen, S3in id^) gdnjlid^ nac^tumfyullt. SBenn bie ^inber ftnb im SDunfeln, SBirb bellommen itjr emittf>, Unb urn i^re Slngft $u bannen, tngen fte ein lauteS 2ieb. ^cfe, ein totted ^inb, id^ fmge in ber 2)unfelb,eit; ba Sieb aud^ nid^t ergo^Iid^, 12 at'6 mic^ bod^ bon 2(ngft befreit. 37. ntc^t, toaS foU e bebeuten, icfo, fo traurig bin ; Gin 3ftarrf>en aug alien Batten, fommt mir nic^t au? bem Sinn. (26) Die I}etmfefjr. 27 35te Suft ift fub. I unb e bunfelt, Unb rub. tg fliefjt ber 9tb, ein ; 35er ipfel beg Sergei funfett %m 2(benbfonnenfcb,ein. S)ie fc^onfte ^ungfrau fx|et 5)ort oben tounberbar, 3^ QoIbneS efd^metbe bli^et, 12 @te lammt i^r golbene^ aar. @ie !dmmt e mtt golbenem Unb fingt ein Sieb babet; 5Da ^at eine nwnberfame \6 etoaltige SDen Differ im !Ieinen rgretft e mtt trtilbem 2Se^ ; (gr fd^aut mci)t bie gelfenriffe, 20 Gr frf>aut nur f^inauf in bie 4?ob/. ^d^ glaube, bie -JBeHen berfd^Iingen 3lm Gnbe Differ unb ^ai)n; Unb Xa fyat mit i^rem ingen 24 3)ie 2orelei getb^an. 38. 3Jlein erj, mein erj ift traurig, SDocb, luftig teud^tet ber 9Kai ; %fy fte^e, geleb,nt an bie 2inbe, $)ocb, auf ber alien Saftei. 28 Retries ebtcfyte. a brunten fliejjt ber blauc tabtgraben in ftitter SRufy' ; (gin nabe fafyrt im af>ne, 8 Unb angelt unb pfeift baju. 3>enjeit3 erfyeben ftcfy freunblicfy, ^n iuinjiger, bunter eftalt, uftl>aufer unb arten unb 9J?enfrf)en, 12 Unb Dd^fen unb 2Biefen unb 2Balb. 5Die 9ftagbe bleid;en SSdfc^e, Unb f^ringen im @ra i>erum ; S)a 9ftiifylrab ftciubt 3)iamanten, 16 S^ fyore fein ferneg efumm. 2tm alien grauen @in Sd^ilber^duS^en ftefyt ; (Sin rot^gerodEter SBurfd^e 20 3)ort auf unb nieber gefyt. @r f^ielt mit feiner $Iinte, S)ie funfelt im (Sonnenrotl>, 6r ^rafentiert unb fc^ultert 24 3$ toottt', er fd^offe mid) tobt. 39. 2)u fd^one^ ftif ben ^a^n an^ 2anb ; ju mir unb feije bic^ nieber, SBir fofen, ^anb in Die I}eimfefjr. 29 2eg an mein $erj bein Unb furcate bid? nicfyt fo fefyr ; $8ertrauft bu bicfy bocfy forgloS Staglid? bem h)ilben SJieer ! 3Jlein >erj gleicfyt gang bem >at (Sturm unb @bb' unb glu Unb mand^e fcfyone ^n feiner 3:tefe rufyt. 40. 2Benn tdp an beinem aufe iorgen Doriiber Qtfy, 60 freut'g mid^, bu Itebe 2Benn id? bid? am $enfter beinen fcfytoarjbraunen 2lugen bu micfy forf d>enb an : ,,SSer bift bu, unb tt>a fet>It bir, 35u frember, Iran!er ^50) bin ein beutfd^er jDidjter, Sefannt im beutfd^en Sanb ; SRennt man bie beften 9amen, @o n>irb aud? bet metne genannt. Unb toa^ mir feb^It, bu ^e^It -JRancfyem im beutfc^en 2anb ; JJennt man bie fc^Iimmften cf)merjen, 1 6 auf e toob, nte mein <5cb, aij ; <5ie bat fcb, on langft bie au auf bemfelben ^ S)o ftel>t aud^ ein 9Jlen[d^ itnb ftarrt in bie Unb ringt bie anbe i>or <5<$merjen3geft>alt; SJiir grauft e, toenn id> fein 3(ntli| f e^e 2)er 9Jionb geigt mir meine eigne eftalt. S)u ^ojj^elganger, bu bleic^er efette ! off ft bu nad^ mein Stebesleib, mic^ gequalt auf biefer (Stette (So mandpe ^iac^t in alter 42. 3)ie IJimgfrau fd^Iaft in ber hammer, 2)er 3Konb fcb, aut jtttemb b^inein ; 2)a brau^en ftngt e^ unb Ilingt eg, 2Bie SBaljermelobein. %<$ toitt mal fcb,aun au^ bem ^enfter, 2Ber brunten ftort meine Stub,'." 2)a fteb, t ein 2;obtengerippe, Unb fiebelt unb ftngt baju : ^^aft einft mir ben an$ berf^rodben, Unb fyaft gebrorf)en bein SSort, Unb b. eut ift 33att auf bem Slircbb.of, mit, iir tanjen bort." " Die Ieim?efyr. 31 $)ie ^ungfrau ergreift e getoaltig, @3 locft fie fyerbor au bem >au ; ie folgt bem erippe, ba fingenb Unb fiebelnb fd? reitet borauS. @g fiebelt unb tdnjelt unb ^ii^fet r Unb tlappert mit feinem ebein, Unb nicft unb nicft mit bem decibel im 'Oftonbenfcfyein. 43. )a ift ein f$le$te SBetter, regnet unb ftiirmt unb f cf>neit ; fi^e am ^enfter unb fd^aue in bie 2)unfelf>eit. 2)a fd^immert ein einfameS tuanbelt langfam fort ; @in ^Jiiitterd^en mit bem Saternden JBanft iiber bie tra^e bort. $3) glaube, SDtefyl unb @ier Unb Suiter laufte fie ein ; <3ie hntt einen ^ud^en bacfen gro^e 2)ie liegt gu au im Se^nftub, I, Unb blinjelt fdplafrig in Sicb, t ; >ie gotbnen Socfen tuatten Uber bag fiifee eftd^t. 32 44. @ie liebten ficfy Seibe, bod& Reiner 2BoHt' e bem 2lnbern geftefyn ; @ie fafyen fid? an fo feinblicfy, Unb hjottten toor Siebe berge^n. n ftur nod^> jutoeilen im 3;raum ; @ie h)aren Idngft geftorben, Unb toujften e felber faum. 45. Unb aU ify eu$ meine d^merjen geflagt, fyabt i^r gega^nt unb nic^tg gefagt ; l3 t$ fte gterlicfy in 3Serfe gebrad^t, ^>abt i^r mir gro^e (Slogen gemad^t. 46. 5Jietn ^inb, toir h>aren ^inber, i ^tnber, f lein unb frofy ; SBir frozen ing ^ii^ner^auSci^en, 33erftedften un unter ba 2Bir fra^ten toie bie ^a^ Unb famen Seute borbei ,,^ifere!u^ !" fte glaubten, ( tuare a^ Die ^ctmfefyr. 33 $)te $tften auf unferem ofe $)te tafeejterten fair auS, Unb toofynten brtn beifammen, Unb marten em bornefymeS alte ofter jum 33efud^ ; 2Bir ntacfcten ii?r Siidling' unb 1 6 Unb ^om^Iimente genug. 2Sir ^aben nacl^ i^rem Sefinben Seforglid^ unb freunblid^ gefragt ; 2Bir f>aben fettbem 35a^felbe -IRandjer alien ^a^e gefagt. 3Sir fa^en aud^ oft unb fyrad)en SSernunftig, it)ie alte 2eut', Unb flagten, tote 2ttte befjer 24 etoefen ju unf erer 2Bie Sieb' unb ^reu' unb lauben SSerfd^tounben au ber SSelt, Unb h)ie fo tb, euer ber $affee, 28 Unb lute fo rar ba elb ! --- Sorbet finb bte Unb 2lfle rottt borbet, - 2)a elb unb bte 2SeIt unb bte ,3etten 32 Unb lauben unb 2ieb' unb 5treu'. 34 f)ctncs <8ebid?te. 47. 2Bie ber Sftonb ficfy leucfytenb brtinget 2)iircf> ben bunleln 2Bolfenflor, 2Ufo taucfyt au bunleln 3eiten 4 -JRir ein UdjteS 33ilb Berber. afjen 3ltt' auf bem SSerbedEe, ^iifyren ftolj ^inab ben ^^etn, Unb bie [ommergrunen lifer 8 liifyn im Slbenbfonnenfd^ein. innenb fa^ tcfy 311 ben @iner SDame, fd^bn unb f)olb ; 3n i^r Ue6e, bleic^eS Slntli^ 12 pielt' ba rotlje onnengolb. 2auten !langen, S3uben fangen, SBunberbare $rob, lid) feit ! Unb ber immel itmrbe blauer, 16 Unb bie (Seele tourbe iuett. aft boriiberjogen SBerg' unb 33urgen, 2Balb unb 2lu ; Unb ba 2lUe fa^ ic^ glanjen 20 %n bem 2tug' ber fct)6nen grau. 48. Nun ift e 3eit, baf ic^ mtt S3er(tanb SJlicb, aHer X^or^eit entleb'ge, ^d^ fyab' fo lang al ^omobiant bir gef^telt bie Die l?etmfefjr. 35 35te prdcfyt'gen $ouliffen, fie toaren bemalt ^m bocfyromantifdjen tile, JJletn ^tttermantel fyat golbig geftrafylt, 3$ finite bie feinften efu^Ie. Unb nun icfy micfy gar fduberlid? toHen anb entleb'ge : immer elenb fiibl' id^ mid^, tyielt' id^ nod^) intmer ^omobie. 2ldf) ott ! im (Sd^erg unb unbeirmfft (SpradE) id^, toa icfy gefii^let ; ^c^ ^ab' mit bem ob in ber eignen S3ruft 3)en fterbenben getter gefptelet. 49. 5, mein erj, fei ntcfyt beflommen, Unb ertrage bein (SJefcfytd 9ieiier ^rii^Iing giebt juriicf, 2Bag ber SBinter bir genommen. tlnb toie SSiel ift bir geblieben! Unb h)ie f4)5n ift nod? bie 9BeIt ! Unb mein erj, toa bir gefdHt, barf ft bu lieben ! 50. >it bift tote eine 33htme (So ^olb unb fc^on unb rein ; ^cfy fdjau' bid? an, unb 2Befym t mir in^ erj fyinein. 36 f)etnes (gebtcfyte. ift, a!3 ob i$ bie aupt bir legen jottf, Setenb, baf ott bicfy nttc^ beflagen, $enn irf> trage in ber S3ruft 2iebd)en S3ilb unb g 52. 2lnbre beten jur Slnbre aucfy ju tyaul unb %fy jebod^, ic^> toitt nur beten, 9htr ju bir, bu fdjone (Sonne. ieb mir ^iifje, gieb mir SBonne, @ei mir giitig, fei mir gncibig, cfyonfte Sonne unter ben 5Kdbc^en, @d)onfte 'iJJidbd^en unter ber (gonne ! Die fjeimfefyr. 37 53. $u fragmentary ift 2BeIt unb Seben 3cfy toill mid) jum beutfcfyen ^Brofeffor begeben. 2)er toeifj bag Seben jufammen ju fe^en, Unb er marf)t ein berftanbltcr) (Styftem barau^ ; 9)itt feinen -ftacfytmutjen unb onen 2lugen aft bu mid^ gequcilt fo fefyr, Unb ^aft mid^ ju runbe gerid^tet 2Jiein Siebc^en? toaS toillft bu me^r? 38 fyines (Sebicfytc. 55. SBaflfaljrt 2tm genfter ftanb bie Gutter, 3m 33ette lag ber <2ofyn. ,,2Bittft bit nid}t aufftefyn, SSityelm, 3 U f$ aun bie ^roceffion?" ,,3$ bin fo franl, o Gutter, 2)af3 \a ernfib,aft b,tnju : je|t ivttrbe er ber TOuttersotte etn ioacf)ferned ^erj opfern. 3dj fybrte fpater, er ^abe bamalS an einer ungliieflidien Siebfcfjaft laboriert, unb enbltt^ fam er mir ganj au ben 2hiflen unb auS bem (Sebaditnifj. 3m 3 a ^ re 1819, a!5 id; in SBonn ftubierte unb einntat in ber egenb von obc^bcrg am SR^ein fpajieren gitig, prte id) in ber ^erne bie roofjlbetannten ^eoIaar?Sieber, tuouon ba oorsiiglidjfte ben gebeftnten SJefvain b,at: ,,elobt feift bu, 3)!aria !" unb al bie Sproceffton natjer fam, bemertte id) unter ben SBaDfa^rtcrn metncn Sd^ulfameraben mit feiner alten SDhttter. SJiefe filb.rte i^n. Gr aber fa^ feljr blaf unb Irani au3. SBerlin, ben 16. be 2Kaimonb 1822. . fyt'me." Die ^eimfefyr. 39 g flattern bie fingt im ^irdjenton ; ift u $dtn am 9tyeine, 36 )a gefyt bie $roceffion. 3)ie Gutter folgt ber 2ftenge, SDen ofm, >en fiif)ret fie, ore : 2)ie Gutter =otte 3Tragt ^eut i^r 6e(te eut ^>at fie 3SieI ju fc^affen, 24 @g fommen btef Iranfe Seut'. 25ie franlen Seute bringen ^5^r bar al Dpfertyenb' 2lu 2Sac^ gebilbete lieber, 28 33ieP toad^ferne ^u^' unb >a'nb'. Unb toer eine 2Bad()I)anb opfert, 2)em f>eilt an ber >anb bie 2Bunb'; Unb ioer einen -JBad^fufj o^fert, 32 3) em ttrirb ber $u$ gefunb. $eblaar ging manner auf QDer je^o tan-jt auf bem etl, ar 2Jtand^er fpielt je|t bie Sratfdje, 36 2)em bort lein finger lar ^eil. S)ie Gutter na^m ein Unb bilbete brau ein ,,23ring ba ber Gutter otte, 40 SDann ^eilt fie bctnen 40 ^etncs (Bebicfyte. SDer ofm nabm feufjenb ba ing feufjenb jum eiligenbilb ; 2>ie ^rdne quiflt au bem 2(uge, 44 3)a SBort au bent Bergen quittt : ,,35u ^ocftgebenebeite, 2)u reine otteSmagb, 2)u ^ontgtn bed tmmel3, 48 2)ir fei mein Seib gef (agt ! $>$ toofynte mit meiner 2Rutter, 3u Gotten in ber 6tabt, 2)er tabt, bie biele ^unbert 52 ^a^eUen unb ^ir^en I>at. f ,Unb neben un too^nte retd^en, 25ie ift tobt je^unb IRarie, bir bring' id^t etn 56 eil bu metne erjen3h)unb'. bu mein Iranfe toitt aud^ fpat unb fritb, beten unb ftngen : 60 elobt eiftbu, 2Karie!" Iranle o^n unb bie Gutter, 3)te fd^Iiefen im $timmerlein ; SDa lam bie Gutter =otte 64 anj leife gef4>ritten b,erein. anb anj leife auf fein erje, 68 Unb Idd^elte milb unb frfitocmb. Die fjeimfefyr. 41 $ie Gutter fcfyaut 2lffe im Sraume, Unb b, at nod) 9Jteb,r gefrf; aut ; @ie ertoacfyte au^ bem glummer, 7 z SDie unbe bettten fo laitt. !iDa lag ba^ingeftredet unb 3)er h>ar tobt ; t' auf ben bletcfyen 2Bangen 7 6 25as tid^te 9Jlorgenrotb,. 2)ie Gutter faltet' bie anbe, ^^r h>ar, fte touffte mrf;t tuie : 2lnbarf;tig fang fte leife : 80 ,,elobtfcift bu, SKam!" bet 56. cfytoarje SRocfe, feibne triimpfe, 2Beifje, fyoflicfye 3ftanfrf)etten, anfte 9teben, Cmtbraffieren 2l^>, tcenn fie nut er^en fatten ! in ber Sruft, unb Siebe, SBarme Siebe in bem Bergen - 2ld^ r mid) tobtet ifyr efinge 8 3Son erlognen SiebeSfd^mergen. 2luf bie Serge toitt id) fteigen, 2Bo bie frommen ^iittan fte^en, 2Bo bie 33ruft ficfy frei erf4)Iie^et, 12 Unb bie freien Sitfte toe^en. 3luf bie Serge Void icfy fteigen, 2Bo bie bunleln SCannen ragen, S3ddt)e raufd^en, SSogel fingen, 16 Unb bie ftoljen SSoIfen jagen. Hits bcr f}ar5reife. 43 Sebet tool?!, ifyr glatten die, latte erren, glatte ^rauen ! 2luf bie Serge toil! irf> fteigen, Sacfyenb auf eua) nieberfrftauen. 57. 9luf bem ^arbcnbergc. (Steiget auf, tfyr alien 2;rdumc ! Dffne btcf), bu StebertDonne, 4 (Stromen tcunberbar t>erbor. 3)ura) bie Stannen tottt to) fcfytoeifen, SSo bie muntre QueHe tyringt, 2Bo bie ftoljen irfcf)e toanbeln, 8 355o bie liebe 3)roffel fingt. 2tuf bie Serge toill id) fteigen, 2luf bie fdjroffen gelfen^o^n, ^EBo bie grauen cfylofgruinen 12 ^n bem 3Jiorgentid)te ftefyn. 3)orten fe' ia^ ftttt mi nieber Unb gebenfe alter $eit, Sllter blii^enber efdE)Iea)ter 16 Unb berfunfner ra bebecft jet ben 2Bo gefd'm^ft ber ftolje $)er bie SBeften itberiounben Unb be^ $ampfe ^Srei geirann. 44 Retries <8ebtd)te. dtyfyeu ranlt an bem SBalfone, 2Bo bte fcfyone 3)ante ftanb, 3)ie ben ftoljen iiberttnnber 24 3Jtit ben Slugen iibertoanb. 2lcf> ! ben (Sieger unb bie iegrin at befiegt be Stobe ^>anb Sener bilrre (Senfenritter 28 trerft itn 2ltte in ben (Sanb. 58. ^d^ bin bie ^ringeffin Unb too^ne im ^Ifenftein ; ^omm mit nad> meinem 2Bir tootten feltg fein. SDein au^t nrill id^) bene^en metner flaren aBett', 5)u fottft beine djmerjen bergeffen, 8 2)u forgenfranfer efell ! ^n meinen toei^en Slrnten, 3ln meiner tuei^en 33ruft, !>a fottft bu liegen unb trciumen 12 SSon alter SRard^enluft. IJcfy n)itt bic^) fiiffen unb fyerjen, 235ie id^ ge^erjt unb gefiifft 2)en lieben ^aifer einric(>, 16 2)er nun geftorben ift. Jlus bcr jar5retfe. 45 @S bleiben tobt bie obten, Unb nur ber Sebenbige lebt; Unb id) bin fcfyon unb bliifyenb, 2Jtein ladjenbeS erje bebt. $otnm in mein (ScfylofS ^eruntcr, $n mein fr^ftattene^ c^lofg, 25ort tan^en bie graulein unb fitter, 24 @ jubelt ber (3 raufcfyen bie feibenen (3 Hirren bie fenfporn, 2)te $toe r 9 e trompeten unb ^aulen, 28 Unb fiebeln unb blafen ba >orn. id^ fott mein 2lrm umfc^Iingen, 2Bie er ^aifer einricfy umfd^Iang ; %&) fyielt ii>m ju bie DI>ren, 32 SCenn bie Xrom^et' erflang. e Horbfcc. (\825-\826.) Cghltts. 59. 9tbetti>biimmerung. 2lm blaffen -BteereSftranbe er in feltfam erdufc^, ein ^Iuftrn unb $feifen, in Sad&en unb SRurmeln, eufjen unb aufen, ein h)iegenHeb^eimIi(^e ingen toar, al f)6rt' id^ berfc^oUne (Sagen, 12 Uralte, Iteblid^e 3)ie td^ einft al 3Son ^ac^bargfinbern berna^m, 2Benn ioir am ommerabenb 16 2luf ben Strebtoenftetnen ber aust^iir 3um ftttten Grjafylen nteberfauerten 3Kit Ileinen, ^ord^enben erjen Unb neugierflugen 2tugen; (48) Die Zforbfee. 47 20 SBd'fyrenb bie grofcen -IRd'bcfyen fteben buftenben 23lumentityfen egemiber am ^enfter fajjen, Sfofengeftcfyter, 24 Sd'cfyelnb unb monbbegldnjt. 60. >ie (Sonnenlid^ter fpielten Uber ba tuettbinrottenbe 9Jieer ; gern auf ber S^^ebe gld'njte bag djiff, S)a mtc^) jur etmat tragen fottte ; Slber e fe^Ite an gutem ga^riwtnb, Unb icb, fa^ nod^ rufttg auf toetjjer 2)iine 2lm einfamen tranb. Unb ic^ Ia ba Steb Dom Db^ffeue, alte, ba etotg junge Steb, beffen meerbura^raufc^ten SBIattem 3Jttr freubtg entgegenftieg SDer Slt^em ber otter, Unb ber leucfytenbe ^enfc^enfr Unb ber bliifyenbe immel Don JMn eble erj begleitete SDen Sob^n be^ Saerte^, in ^rrfafyrt unb 3)rangfal, (Se^t ]\a[t bu berfengt 21m 2lug' meineg ob,n ^Sol^^emo^ 44 Unb bid; fyat niemal ratb, enb befdjii^t 3)te ottin ber 2llfo rief Unb taud;te juriicE in 3Jieer ; Die Horbfec. 49 4 8 Unb iiber ben groben @eemanntm$ Sacfyten unter bem SSaffer 2lm^ttrite, ba blumtoe ^ifcfytoeib, Unb bie bummen Sodjter be 9iereu. 61. 3Jteere[tttte ! Sfyre trafylen JBirft bie onne auf bag 2Baf)cr r Unb im toogenben efd^meibe $iefyt ba d^iff bie grunen gurd^en. 33ei bem (Steuer liegt ber 33ootmann 3tuf bem 33aud9, unb fc^nard^et leife. SBei bem ^Jtaftbaum, fegelflidEenb, 5lauert ber betfyeerte @df>iffjung'. interm <2dmu^e feiner -JBangen (S^rii^t e rotf;, iDe^miit^ig ucft e Um ba breite SRaut, unb fd^merjlid^ d^aun bie grofcen, fd^onen Stugen. Xenn ber $apitan ftef>t bor i^ $obt unb flurfjt unb frfjilt ifyn : ^ @)>i^bub' ! einen Bering ^>aft bu 16 2lu3 ber Sonne mir gefto^Ien!" ! 2lu ben SBcttcn Berber ein flugeS ^ifdplein, 2Btirmt bag ^obfcf)en an ber @onne, ^latfc^ert luftig mit bem cfytoanjdjen. 50 ^etnes (gebicfytc. bie SDJotoe, au ben Siiften, d)iefjt fyerunter auf ba gil'cfylein, Unb ben rafcfyen 9faub im djnabel 24 cb>ingt fie fid) fytnauf in 33Iaue. 62. ccgcfpcnft. ^d> aber lag am Stanbe be djiffeS, Unb fd)aute, trdumenben ^tugei, inab in ba fpiegelllare 2Baffer, 4 Unb fcfyaute tiefer unb tiefer 33i tief im SfteereSgrunbe, 2lnfang ioie bdmmernbe S'iebel, Igebocfy attma^Iid^ farbenbeftimmter, 8 ^ira^enlu^^el unb X^iirme fid^ geigten, Unb enblicfy, fonnenflar, eine ganje tabt, Sntertfyiimlicfy nieberlanbifd^, Unb menfdpenbelebt. 12 33ebacb,tige banner, fd^irarjbemdntelt, 2Rit toei^en alfraitfen unb ^renletten, Unb langen 2)egen unb langen efid^tern, c^reiten iiber ben toimmelnben SJlarft^Ia^ 16 -ftad:) bem tre^en^o^en S^at^aug, 9Bo fteinerne $aiferbilber SBad^t ^alten mit center unb c^loert. Unferne, bor langen ^aiiferretfm, 20 SSo f^tegelblanfe $enfter Unb ^ramibifd^ befd^nittene Sinben, 2BanbeIn feibenraufc^enbe ^ungfern, Die Horbfce. 51 2eibd;en, bie 33lumengefid;ter 24 ittfam umfdjloffen toon fcfytoargen Unb fyerborquettenbem olbfyaar. Sunte efetten, in tyanifdjer Stradjt, tolgieren tooriiber unb niden. 28 SBejafyrte grauen, ^n braunen, berfcfyottnen etoanbern, efangburf) unb 9tofenlrang in ber @ilen, tri^^elnben (ScfyrittS, 32 yiafy bem gro^en Some, etrieben bon locfengelaute Unb raufcfyenbem Drgelton. felbft ergreift be femen e^eimnit)otler (Scatter ! UnenbUc^e e^nen, tiefe 33efd)Ietc^t mein 9)iem laum 9JJir ift, al toiirben feme 2Bunben 23on lieben St^en aufgeJiifjt, Unb ttjaten toieber bluten, 2)ie lang unb langfam nieberfattn 2luf etn alteS au, bort unten 3n ber tiefen ^eerftabt, 5Iuf ein alteg ^o^gegiebelte ^au^, elan(|olifi| menfrf)enleer ift, baf am untern ^enfter 2) en Rotf auf ben 2trm geftu^t, 52 2Bie ein arme, bergeffeneg ^inb Unb id? fenne bid), arme^ bergeffeneg 52 f)eincs (Sebicbte. @o tief, meertief alfo SSerftedEteft bu bier; bor mir 5 6 2lu finbtfrfjer aune, Unb fonnteft ntcfyt mefyr berauf, Unb fajjeft fremb unter frembcn ?euten, 3>aljrl?unberte long, 60 3)erft>etlen i r bie eele bott ram, 2litf ber gangen 6rbe bicfy fud^te, Unb immer bid) fucfyte, 2)u ^mmergeliebte, 64 3)u Sangftberlorene, 2)u nblid^gefunbene ^56^ fyab bid) gefunben unb fd^auc toieber 2)ein fue eftdjt, 68 SDie flugen, ireuen 2lugen, a (tebe Sdc^eln Unb ntmmer toiU id^ bid^ toieber berlaffen, Unb tcfy fomme ^tnab ju btr. Ti Unb tnit augebretteten Slrmen tiirj' id^) ^itnab an bein >er$ Slber jiir red?ten rgriff mtd^ beim gufe ber 76 Unb jog midj bom cfiipranb, Unb rtef, argerlicr) ladienb : ,SDoftor, ftnb @ie be Xeufels?" Die Horbfee. 53 Cuklus. *o o TO otto : XenopJ>on HnabaftS, IV., 7. 63. palatial (get mir gegritfct, bu etrngeS -jJleer ! (Set mir gegriijjt jefyntaufenbmal 2lu jaud^jenbem er 3 en / 2Bie einft bid^ begrii^ten 3e^ntaufenb rtedjenfyerjen, Ungliicfbefdm^fenbe, ^eimatberlangenbe, 2Belt6eruf)tnte @g toogten bie ^lut^en, @ie tuogten unb Brauften, 2)ie <5onne gofg eilig ^erunter 12 )ie fptelenben 9tof en lifter, S)ie aufgefd^eud^ten SJtotoenjuge glatterten fort, lautfc^reienb, @g ftampften bie 9loffe, e Ilirrten bie djilbe, 16 Unb tt)eitf)in erfd^oU e h)ie eines (Sebicfyte. 20 2Bie 5rd'ume ber ^inbfyeit fefy' id) e flimmern 2luf beinem toogenben 23etfengebiet, Unb alte rinnrung erjd^It mir aitf 9teue SBon ad bem lieben, fyerrlid;en (S^ieljeug, 24 3?tm att' ben bltnfenben 2Betf>natf;tgaben, 3Son aU' ben rotten ^orallenbdumen, olbfifcfycfyen, ^Berlen unb bunten 2)ie bu ge^eimnigbott 28 3>ort unten tm flaren 0, nne ^ab' irf; gefrf)marf;tet in ober ^rembe ! leid; einer toelfen SBIume ^n be S3otanifer bled;erner ^a^fel, 32 Sag mir ba ^erj in ber Sruft. 9Jiir ift, al fa^ id) tointerlange, @tn tranter, in bunfler ^ranfenftube, Unb nun berlaff id) fie plo^lid;, 36 Unb blenbenb ftrablt mir entgegen 2)er fmaragbene grueling, ber fonnengetoedte, Unb e raufd;en bie h>ei^en Sliit^enbdume, Unb bie jungen SBlumen fd;auen mid) an 40 9Jiit bunten, buftenben 2lugen, Unb e buftet unb fummt unb at^met unb ladjt, Unb im blauen ^immel ftngen bie 3S6gIein 44 Xu ta^fereS SBie oft, toie bitteroft SBebrangten bid; be 3^orben SBarbarinnen! 2lu grofjen, fiegenben 2(ugen 48 @d;offen fie brennenbe Die Hoibfcc. 55 3Jitt frummgefcfylijfenen 2Borten SDrobten fie mir bie Sruft gu flatten ; SKit teilfcfyriftbiUettg jerfrfilugen fie mir 52 >ag arme, betdubte efyirn 33ergebeng fyielt id? ben d^ilb entgegen, 2)ie ^Jfeile jifc^ten, bie iebe frarfjten, Unb toon be^ 9?orben Sarbarinnen 56 2Barb i^ gebrangt bi an 2Reer Unb frei aufat^menb begrii^' id) bag Steer, 3)a liebe, rettenbe Sfteer, Mulatto! 64. 2lm 9Jleer, am luuften, ndcfttlic^en 3Keer tebt ein ^iingling^SJiann, te Sruft bott SSe^mutb, bag au^t toott Bi Unb mit biiftern Sippen fragt er bie SSogen : ,,D loft mir ba SRat&fel beg Sebeng, SDag qualbott uralte Stat^fel, 2Boriiber fd>on manege ^aupter gegriibelt, au))ter in ^ierogl^^enmii^en, tiupter in Durban unb fcf)tDarjem 33arett, ^eriidenf)du^ter unb taufenb anbre Strme, fd^roitjenbe 2Renfd^ (Sagt mir, it>ag bebeutet ber 2Bober ift er fommen? 2Bo ge^t er 2Ber toofynt bort oben auf golbenen temen? 56 (5 munneln bie SBogen ifyr eto'geS emurtnel, 16 63 toefyet ber SSinb, e fliefyen bie 2Bolfen, @3 blinfen bie terne gleid)giiltig unb fait, Unb ein -ftarr toartet auf 2lnttoort. 65. ccfroitf^cit. )e grauen enfen fic^> tiefer fyinab auf ba 3Jleer, 3)a tfynen bunfel entgegenfteigt, 4 Unb jtmfcfyenburcf) jagt ba @(f)iff. eefranl fiij' id^ noc^ immer am 3)ta[t6aum Unb mad^e Setrac^tungen iiber tnicfy felber, Uralte, afd^graue 33etrad)tungen, 8 )te fc^on ber SSater Sotfy gemad^t, 21I er be uten ju 3Siel genoffen, Unb ficfy nad;^er fo itbel befanb. 9Jlitunter ben!' id; aud; alter efd;id;ten : 12 SSie Ireujbejeic^nete $ilger ber 33orjeit 2luf ftiirmifd;er -Jfteerfafyrt ba troftreid^e 2)er fyeiligen ^jiingfrau glaubig fiiffteu ; 2Bie Iranfe fitter, in folder (Seenotf), 16 S)en lieben anbfd;uf> ifyrer 2)ame 2ln bie 2i)3^en prefften, gleid; getroftet - ^d; aber fie unb !aue berbrie^Iid; GHnen alien Bering, ben falgigen Crofter 20 ^n ^a^enjammer unb unbetriibfal ! Die Horbfcc. 57 Unterbeffen fcimpft bag rfnff ber toilben, toogenben ^lutfy ; SBie'n baumenbeS <2d;lad;tr0f3, fteUt e fid; jefct 24 2luf ba intertfyeil, baf ba<3 teuer frad^t, ^e^t ftiirjt e fo^fiiber toieber t)inab ^n ben fyeulenben 2Bafferfegte 2Saffer! ber SBintertoanbrer be 2tbenb fid) fe^nt 40 yia.3) einer toarmen, innigen 2^affe Sfyee, @o fe^nt fid; je^t mein erj nad; bir, SRein beutfd>e SSaterlanb ! 5Kag immerbin betn filler Soben bebedt fein 44 3JUt SBa^nfinn, ufaren, fd)Ied)ten 3Serfen Unb laulig biinnen Xraltatd;en ; 3Jiogen immer^in beine $sbta$ Wit 9tofen fid; maften, ftatt mit Sifteln ; 48 ^Jiogen immerfyin beine noblen 2(ffen ^n miifjigetn ^3u| fid; borne^m f^reijen, 58 ^eincs (Sebicfjte. Unb ficfy befjer biinfen, aU aU ba anbre Sknaufifcfy fcfytoerfyintoanbelnbe ^ornbiefy ; 52 2Kag immerfyin beine dinecfentoerfammlung icfy fiir unfterblicfy fatten, 2Beil fie fo langfam baFjinfriecfit, Unb mag fte taglic^) ttmmen fatnmeln, 5 6 Db ben 2Raben be ^afe ber ^afe ge^ort? Unb nocfy lange 3eit in 33eratf>ung gte^n, SOSie man bie d'gtypttfcfyen d^afe bereble, 2)amit it>re SSoHe ftd^ beffre 60 Unb ber irt fte fd^eren fonne toie 2tnbrc, D^n' Unterfd^ieb - lymmerfyin, mag 2:^orl>eit unb Unred&t 2)idb gang bebecfen, o 3!)eutfc6Ianb! 64 Sdf> febne mic^ bennoc^) nacfy bir : 2)enn h>enigften bift bu bodj fefte^ 2anb. 66. SSie auf bem gelbe bie SSei^enbalmen, (So ioadbfen unb toogen im 2Renfd^engetft 3)ie ebanlen. Slber bie jarten ebanlen ber Siebe inb ioie luftig bajtotfcfyenbliifyenbe unb blaue SBIumen. unb blaue Slumen ! miirrifd^e c^nitter bertoirft eud; al3 glegel jerbrefd^en eudE) bobnenb^ Die Horbfee. 59 (Sogar ber fyablofe 2Banbrer, SDen eu'r 2(nblic? ergb$t unb erquicft, 12 Scfyiittelt ba aupt, Unb nennt euc^> fcfyoneS llnfraut. 2l6er bie Idnblid^e ^ungfrait, 2)ie ^rdnjelrtnbertn, 1 6 SSere^rt eucfy unb ^fliirft eud^, Unb fcfymiirft mtt euc^ bie fd^onen Sodfen, Unb alfo gejiert etlt fie jum Xanj^la^, 2Bo ^Pfeifen unb eigen lieblid) ertonen, 20 Dber jur ftitten Sud^e, 2So bie (Stimme beg Siebfien nox^) Ueblid^er tont, 2ll ^feifen unb eigen. 2lntjang dltcrcr (Befctcfytc. (\B\6- \ ,CrarnnbHbtrn, 67. $>eutfcf)Iunb. Gin Iraum. (1819.) n ber !f>ort)eit ! traume immer, SBenn btr'S erg im Sufen fd^lDtttt ; 35o$ im Seben furfye mmmer 2>eine Xraumeg (Sbenbtlb ! @inft ftanb id^ in fcfyonen SCagen Sluf bem ^od()ften 33erg am 9i^ein ; 3)eutfd^Ianb auen bor mir Iagen x Sliifyenb ^ett im (Sonnenfc^em. Unten murmelten bie 2Bogen iifje 2l^nungsfc^auer gogen 12 d^meic^elnb in mem er$ ^inein. (60) dltcrcr (SeMcfyte. 61 je|t beim ang ber 2Sogen,- $lingt toiel anbre -BWobei : djoner raum ift langft berflogen, 1 6 cfyoner SBafm brad^) langft entjtoei. d^au' id) je|t Don meinem 33erge ^n ba battle Sanb f)inab, e^' tc(> nur em 3Sol!Iein 3^ er 9 e 20 &riecf>enb auf ber 9ftte[en rab. nrfjen gef>n in eibe, <^ur!en tragen 24 olbner briiften ftd? al erm. 9?ur ein pottbilb auf bie 2tf>nen 3ft ba 3SoI! im beutfc^en ^leib; SDenn bie alien Stocfe ma^nen 28 cfymerjlid:) an bie alte $eit. 2Bo bie itte unb bie ugenb ^Brunllo gingen anb in 2Bo mit G^rfurc^tfc^eu bie 32 S5or bem reifenalter ftanb ; 2Bo fein Bungling feinem 3Jlobefeufjer borgeliigt ; 2Bo lein n)t^ige S)efp6trf)en 3 6 3fteineib in ^ftem gefiigt ; 2Bo ein anbjcf)Iag me^r al ibe Unb ^otarienafte h)ar, 2Bo ein 2Rann im ifenfleibe, 40 Unb ein erj im 2ftanne luar. 62 ^etnes (SeMcfyte. Unfre artenbeete fye'gen aufenb 53 lumen tounberfein, djtoelgenb in be 33oben inan ; (Statt ber gaftlic^ toarmen 56 ^alte SBanbe bid^ em!pfa^n. bem ffiarttburm blaft fein gaflbriic!' rottt ^erab; 2)enn ber S3urg^err unb ber SBdd^ter 60 djlummern langft im fii^len rab. $n ben bunleln drgen ru^en bie ^rauen minnei>olb ; f>egen fola)e 3:rui)en 64 9teicfyern @d^a^ benn >^erl' unb olb. fc^auern ba bie Sufte SOBie toon 2Rinnefanger{)auo; ; $)enn in biefe ^eil'gen riifte 68 (Stieg bie fromme 2Rinne aucr). dltercr <>ebicfyte. 63 gttmr cmcfe, unfre 25amen preif id), 3)enn fie bliifyen tote ber 3JZat, Sieben audji, unb iiben fleijjig , <5ti(fen, SRalerei. ingen aucf) in fiifeen 3tdumen 5Bon ber alten Sieb' unb Streu, greiltci^ jtoeifelnb im e^eimen, 7 6 Db ba 5Rdrd^en moglic^) fei. llnfre 9Jiiitter einft erfannten, innig, ioie bie Ginfalt ^flegt, 2)af<3 ben frf)6nften ber jDemanten 80 -iftur ber SJIenfd^ im S3ufen trdgt. anj ntd^t au ber 2lrt gefd^Iagen @tnb bie Hugen Xbc^terlein ; 2)enn bie $raun in unfern Xagen 84 Sieben auc^ bie Gbelftein' ! $ort, ib,r SBilber frf)5nrer JBeicfyt juriirf in eure 9^arf)t! 2Bec!t nid^t me^r bie eitle $(age Urn bie 3it, bie un berfagt ! 64 )eines <8e6tcfyte. 68. 2)te bu bift fo fcfybn unb rein 2BunnetooHe -IRagebein, !l)einem 3)ienfte gan allein mem Seben Seine fii^en Slugelein lanjen ntilb tote ette ^ofenltc&ter ftreun 8 2)eine rotten 2BangeIein. Unb au beinem -Jftunbcfyen flein SBIinffl ^erttor ttne ^erlenret^n; 3)od^ ben fd^onften belftein 12 egt bein ftitter SBufenfcfyrein. Sllinne mag e fein, mtr brang in erj ^inetn, 31I ic^i tneilanb fd)aute bein, 16 SBunnebotteS 3D^agebein! dltcrer (Bebidjte. 65 n 69. 9Jiutter jum SBienelein : itt bid; toor ^erjenfcfyein!" oc^ toad bie SWutter f^ric^t, 33ienelein ad^tet nid^t ; um Sicfyt d^ittirret mit @unisfum=fu ort ntc^t bie Gutter f cfyrein , f 33tenelein ! Sienelein!" Slut, totteS 53Iut, in bie ^lammenglutl;, Xreibt in bie $lamm' ^inein, 33ienelein!" ' flacfert nun licfyterrotfj, glamme gab ^lammentob. ,,iit bic^ bor SJidgbeletn, 16 ofynelein! o^nelein!" 66 fjetnes en ju erbauen. ,,3ur 9Jlef5eit h)irb ber frembe Cramer fd^auen/' (So benfen fte, ,,baf fair be 3Jiann enofien, 2)af unferm Soben fold^e 33Ium' entfproffen, Unb bltnblingS toirb man un tm anbel trauen." 0, lafft bem S)i ; bocfy je^t SCrennt eud^ toon oetfye cine ganje SBelt, , bie ein $luf ! id^> fanb fie nie. 68 ^eines ebtdjte. 73. ^n ben $iiffen toelcfye 2tige! SBelcfc, e -JBomte in bent djetn ! 2ldfj, tote fiifj tft ba Setriigen, (Stiver ba Setrogenfetn ! Stebd^en, h)te bu bid) aucfy toe^reft, 2Bei^ td^ bod), toa bu erlaubft! lauben toiff td^, h)a bu fc^tooreft, cfytooren iuttt td^, toa bu glaubft. 74. ^a, greunb, b,ter unter ben 2inben ^annft bu betn ^erj erbaun, ter fannft bu beifammen finben 3)te aHerfd^onften graun. @te bIiiF>n fo t^olb unb nttnntg ^m farbigen etbengetoanb ! 6tn 3^t4)ter b, at fte ftnnig 2BanbeInbe Slumen genannt. dltcrer <>ebidte. 69 SBeldj fcb, one geberb, iite ! fcb, one urfenfb,ah>l3! SBelcb, fcb, one 3SangenBIiit{>e! fd^ouer arts bis 1830. 75. id? bid^ Itebe, o ift btr too^Ibefannt. SSenn ic^ mit 3"^^^ bify fiittre, @o lecfft bu mtr bie 2)u toittft aud^ nur ein unb fcin, Unb toittft ntcfy t f c^einen tne^r ; 3ttt' meine iibrtgen ^reunbe SSerfteEen ftd^ ju febr. Hcucr (J828 \85\.) (Sin gt^tenboum flefit einfatn <5r tr&umt con einer spaltne 2)ie fem ---- 76. ^n emalbes@aleneen ie^ft bu oft bag S3ilb be 2>er jum ^am^fe hjottte jie^en, 2BoIjIbeh>efyrt mit d^tlb unb Sanj. i^n necfen Slmoretten, Slauben Sanje i^m unb c^toett, iBtnben tljn tnit 33Iumenletten, 3Bie er audj fi^> miirrif^ 60 in fyolben ^inbemiffen d^ mid) tnit Siift unb 2eib SBafyrenb Slnbre lam^fen miiffen ^n bem grofeen ^ampf ber 3eit. (70) Heiicr rultng. 71 77. n bent SSalbe tyriefjt unb grunt t jungfrdulicb, luftbellommen ; bie @onne lacfyt fyerunter: ganger #rufy ling fei totttfommen ! td^ frf^on { 2Bie bu floteft felig triibe, cfylucfcjenb langgejogne ^one, Unb bein Steb ift lauter Siebe ! 78. e!ommen ift ber SJiaie, 2)ie Slumen unb 33dume tlnb burd) bte immel^blaue 2)te roftgen SSoIfen gte^n. 2)te Stad^ttgatten ftngen erab au ber laubtgen $ofy, 2)te toei^en Sdmnter f^rtngen ^m toeic^en griinen ^lee. ^jd^ fann mdr)t ftngen unb fprtngen %<$ liege fran! im $jrf; bore ferne trdumt, id^ 1 ioeip nid^t 79. Seife jie^t burcb, mein emu'tl) Steblid^eg eldute, ^Itnge, HetneS griib, IingIieb, binau in -JBette. 72 an ba 3Bo bie 33lumen fprtefcen. SBenn bu eine 3fofe fcfyauft, Sag, icfy laff' fie grii^en. 80. 3)er ^metterltng ift in bte 9tofe berliebt, Umflattert fie taufenbmal, ^ji>n felber aber golbig gart Umflattert ber Ite&enbe Sonnenftra^I. i, in toen ift bie S^ofe berliebt? tuiifft' id^ gar gu gern. 3>ft e bie fingenbe 9fJadE)ttgatt ? ^ft e ber fcfytoeigenbe 3lbenbftern? ^5a idj> benfe, ftngt fie 2autfd)mettentb, baf e fd)attt ; SRein jartUdjeS efyeimni fc^on ber ganje 2Balb. 82. beinen blauen 2lugen ^t bu mid) Ueblidj an, toarb mir fo traumenb gu @inne, '* id; nid)t f^red;en fann. 3tn betne blauen 2lugen ebenf ' id; attertoartg : - in 5Reer toon blauen ebanlen rgie^t fid) iiber mein 83. SBie be3 5)tonbe 3lbbilb jittert ^n ben toilben 5CReereit)ogen, Unb er felber ftiH unb fid^er SSanbelt an bent >immelbogen : 3llfo toanbelft bu, eliebte, unb fid)er, unb e jittett bein 3lbbilb mir im ^erjen, mein eigne er^ erfd;uttert. 74 l}eines (Sebtcfyte. 84. $)er 33rief, ben bu gefcfyrieben, 6r macfyt micfy gar nicfyt bang ; $u toiflft mic$ nicfyt mefyr lieben, 4 SIBer betn SBrief tft long. etten, eng unb fleine 9Jianuffri^t ! frf>ret6t nid)t fo 2Benn man ben 3lbfc^teb giebt. 85. (Sterne mit ben golbnen 2BanbeIn broben bang unb fact, fie nic^t bte 6rbe toecfen, ba fdplaft im cfyofc ber fte^>n bie ftummen SBalber, Slatt em gruneg O^r! Unb ber Serg, h)te trdumenb ftrecft er (Semen dljattenarm Berber. tt>a rief bort? ^n metn )rtngt ber S:one 3Bteberi>att. 2Sar eg ber eltebten timme, Dber nur bie 9tad;tigatt? U832 J839.) 86. r id? in bem 2Balb be 2lbenb3, ^n bem trdumerifcfyen SBalb, ^mmer toanbelt mir jur eite 2)etne jartltdbe eftalt. 3ft e nid^t bein toetfjer deleter? giid)t bein fanft Dber ift e nur ber annenbun!el bric^t? ft bu, Siebfte, SBeinenb neben mir einfyer? 87. 3ln bem ftitten 5Reereftranbe ^ft bie 9^arf)t ^eraufgejogen, Unb ber 3Jionb brid;t au ben 2Bol!en, Unb e fUiftert au3 ben SSogen: (T6) 76 Seines (gebicfyte. -Kenfrf) bort, ift er narrifd), Dber ift er gar berliebet? SDenn er fdjaut fo triib unb Better, Better unb ugleidj> betriibet." SDod; ber SOfonb, ber ladit fyerunter, Unb tnit Better timme fyxifyt er : ,,^ener ift berliebt unb narrif4>, Unb nod) obenbrein ein ragt in s IReer ber 9hmenftein, fi^' id) mit meinen rtiumen. ^feift ber 3Binb, bie 3Jiotoen frf>rein, e SBetten, bie toanbern unb fd^dumen. geliebt mancf) Unb manc^en guten efeQen - aBo finb fie ^in? @ ^feift ber SSinb, @ fcfyaumen unb toanbern bie 2Bellen. 89. %te, @rn)arf;t in mir ber alte Sraum! Perfcfyiebene. 77 ir afmlicfy an eftalt unb 2Befen> 2lud) trug fie gang toie bu ba3 gefy' auf Uniberfitaten, ju i^r, ic^) lomm' guritrf eit, ertoarte nteiner. <5ie f^rad^ : ,,u bift mein einj'ge i ^afyre f^on ^att' ic^) ^Sanbeften tubtert, als id) am erften 9ftai 3u ottingen bie 5?arf)ric^t fyorte, meine Sraitt berma^Iet fei. tear am erften 3Jtai! er lac^enb grim burd^ ^elb unb )te SSogel fangen, unb e^ freute <5icf) jeber SBurm tm (Sonnenftrafyl %&) aber tourbe blaf unb Unb meine ^rafte nafymen ab ; er Itebe ott nur !ann e toiffen, 2Ba id) be ^Kac^tg gelitten fyab'. genal. ^Jieine efunbfyeit ^ft je^t fo ftar? toie'n @id>enbaum . . . D 3>ennty, toenn id^ bic^ betradjte, in mir ber alte Straum! 78 fjetnes (Bebicfyte. 90. gelbe Saub erjittert, @3 fatten bie flatter fyerab, 2td;, 2lHe3, h>a ^olb unb lieblid;, SBertoelft unb finft tn rab. 3)ie SOSi^fel be SOBalbeS umflimtnert (Sin f d^mersltcf)er onnenfc^ein ; tnogen bie le^ten $uf)e fd^eibenben (5ommer fein. ift, al mufft' id) toeinen tiefftem erjengrunb ; Silb erinnert mid) toteber 2ln unfre 2lbfrf;iebgftunb'. 3$ muffte bid; toerlafjen, ^d; hwffte, bu fturbeft balb! ^d; h)ar ber fd;etbenbe ommer, 2)u toarft ber fterbenbe 79 m a n $ 1 n. 91. ne ftarfe fdjtoarje SBarle <5egelt trauerbott bafyin. 2)te bermummten unb berftummten Seid^en^uter fi|en brin. obter 2)id^ter, fiitte Itegt er, 9Jtttent&Iojjtem2lngefic&t; (Seine blauen 2lugen f(f)auen oc^> jum ber iefe flmgt'g, alg riefe (Sine franfe ^ijenbraut, Unb bie SBetten, fie jerfd^ellen 2tn bem afyn, tt>ie ^lagelaut. 92. Stnno 1829. Sefynfucfyt nadj ber 3)afS ic^i bequem berbluten lann, ebt mtr ein eble, tweiteS O, laftt mid^ nidjt erfticfen ^n biefer engen 80 Seines <5e6id)te. @ie effen gut, fte trtnfen gut, rfreun ficfy tfyreS SRauItourfgliic Unb ifyre rojjmutb, ift fo grojj 2ll tote bag orf> ber Stgarren tragen fte im Unb in ber ofentaf$' bte 2lud^ bte SBerbattungSfraft ift gut 12 2Ber fte nur felbft berbauen fonnt' ! @ie ^anbeln mtt ben ^eceretn 3)er ganjen 2Belt, bod^ in ber 2uft, ro$ atten 3Sitrjen, rted^t man ftet 16 3)en faulen d^ettftfd^feelenbuft. D, baf td^ gro^e Softer fcify', SSerbred^en, bluttg, foloffal, 9tur btefe fatte ^ugenb nid^t, 20 Unb jab, lungSf a'F>tge 2RoraI ! ^ifyr SBoIfen broben, ne^mt mid) mil, leicfybiet nac toeld^em fernen Ort! 9Zad? Sap^Ianb ober Slfrtfa, 24 Unb f ei' nac^ ^Bommern fort ! nur fort ! D, nebmt mtd^ mit (Ste ^oren ntd^t 3)ie 2SoIlen broben ftnb fo flug ! SSoriiberretfenb btefer <3tabt, 28 Stngftlid^ befc^Ieun'gen fte ben Homanjen. 81 93. Hnno 1839. $)eutfd)lanb, meine feme Stebe, ebenf id) beiner, toein' id) faft ! muntre #ranfreid) fd)eint mir triibe, Ieid)te SSoIf tnirb mtr jur 2o(t. ber 33erftanb, fo fait unb trocfen, errfcf>t in bem toiijigen ^arig D SiarrfyeitSglocIlein, laubenSglocfen, 2Bie flingelt if>r bafieim fo fii$ ! oflid)e 3Jidnner ! 2)od) berbroffen eb' id) ben art'gen riifj jitriicE. 2)ie rob^eit, bie id) einft genoffen S m SSaterlanb, 2)a toar mein liirf ! 2dd)elnbe 2Seiber ! ^lappern immer, SSie 3Jtu^Ienrdber ftet betoegt ! 2)a lob' id^) 2)eutfd)lanb ^rauenjimmer 16 2)a fd)toeigenb fid) ju S3ette legt. Unb 2ltte bref)t fid) ^ier im $reife 2Rit Ungeftum, toie'n toffer raum ! 33ei un bleibt 2ltte ^iibfd? im leife, SSie angenagelt, rii^rt fid; faum. 3Jlir ift, al ^ort' id; fern erllingen ^a^tiDddjter^orner, fanft unb traut ; 9Jad)th)dd)terlieber ^or' id) fingen, 24 ^ajh)ifd)e 82 ^eincs (SeMcrjte $)em 2)icfyter toar fo toofyl bafyeime $n @cfyilba tfyeurem @i$enl?ain ; 2)ort toob idf? meine jarten 3teime 28 2lu SSeild^enbuft unb 3JJonbenfd^ein. 94. Segegiuwg. unter ber Sinbe erflingt bie 1)a tanjen bie SBurfd^en unb ^Jiabel, >a tanjen 3^ e ^ bit 9ttemanb fennt, ab (Sud^ erfannt betm erften Slid! 16 2tn 6uren fifc^gratigen gfyntn." @ie fd^hjeben auf, fte fcfytoeben ab 3n feltfam frember SBeife, @ie lad^en ficfy an, fte fa)iitteln b 20 25er ^unfer fliiftert leife : Homan^cn. 83 ,,2Rein fcboneS grduletn, fagt mtr, toarum a ftnb 2Bie tief im 9tyein ber 2)er freie Sl^ein, ber 33rutitg ber ^luffe, @r toirb un ntmmermefyr geraubt ! 2)ie ^ottdnber binben if)m bie ^it^e, 24 3)ie <3d tob,jer ^alten feft fein aubt. 2lud^ eine glotte toitf ott ung befd^eren, S)ie batriotifd^e iiberfraft SBirb luftig rubern auf beiitfcfy en aleeren ; 28 2)ie ^eftungSftrafe toirb abgefdjajft. @ blitbt ber Senj, e bla^en bie ebict?te. 97. 2eben3fal|rt. @in Sadden unb ingen ! @ bitten unb gaufeln S)ie onnenlidjter. SDie 2Betfen fcfyaufeln )en luftigen $afw. 3$ f a fe ^ a " n 4 -Kit lieben ^reunben unb letcfytem inn. S5)er ^at>n jerbrad^ in eitel Striimmer, 25ie ^reunbe toaren f4>Iec^te (^hjimmer, eimat toie fern! 98. $>ie enbeit3. anger ! fmg unb preife greifyett, baf3 betn Sieb Unfrer eelen fid) bemeiftre Unb ju S^^aten un begeiftre, 87 tree nicfct tnefyr tote em 2Bertb,er, JBelcfyer nur fitr Sotten gliifyt 28a bie locfe fyat gefcfylagen, ollft bu beinem 23olfe fagen, e, rebe d^toerter ! (Set ntcfyt mef)r bie toetc^e $Iote, (Set be3 Saterlanb^ ^Bofaune, @ei ^anone, fet ^art^aune, e, fd^mettre, bonnre, tobte ! 1 6 33lafe, fd^mettre, bonnre iBt ber le^te Granger flte^t tnge nur in btefer Sltc^tung, 2lber i)alte beine 20 9tur fo attgemetn 99. 9Str fc^lafen ganj h)ie SBrutus fd^ltef, 3)orf> ^ener eriuadite unb 6ot>rte ttef 3n 6af ar Sruft ba falte 3Jleffer ! 4 5)te 9totner toaren ^ijrannenfreffer. 2Bir ftnb feme Corner, h)tr raud^en ' in jebe 9Solf F)at fetnen efcr^macf, in jebe SSol! bat feine ro^e! 8 S n cfytoaben locbt man bie beften 88 f)eincs (Se&tcfyie. 2Btr ftnb ermcmen, gemittfyltcfy unb brab, 2Btr fd)Iafen gefunben ^flanjenfcfylaf, Unb toenn toir ertoacfyen, pflegt un gu burften, md>t nad^ bent Slute unferer ^iirften. 3Bir ftnb fo treu h)ie 2lurf) Stnben^olj, brauf ftnb h)ir ftolj ! ^m Sanb ber tcfyen unb ber Sinben 16 2Btrb niemal ftc^ etn 33rutu ftnben. Unb toenn attd? etn 23rutu unter un !Den Gafar fanb' er ntntmerme^r, SSergebli^ tmirb' er ben Gdfar fud^en ; 2Btr ^aben gute 2Bir ^>aben fed(> unb bretjjtg (3ft ntd^t ju 23iel !) unb etnen tern ragt jeber fd^ii|enb auf fetnem 24 Unb er braudpt ntcfyt ju fitrd^ten bte ^ben be3 9Karjen. 2Bir nennen fte 33dter, unb SSaterlanb Senennen h)tr ba^jemge Sanb, S)a^ erbetgentFjumltd? gel)6rt ben gwfte" ; 28 2Btr Iteben aud? auerfraut mit 2Biirften. 9Benn unfer Sater fpajteren 3tefyn h)ir ben ut mit $tetat ; 3)eutfd^Ianb, bte fromme $tnberftube, 32 ^ft feme romtfc^e -JRorbergrube. 89 100. $eutfrf)fani>. SDeutfcfylanb tft nod) lleineS $inb, 2)ocb, bie Sonne ift feine 2lmme, <3ie fdugt e nidjt mit ftitfer <5ie faugt e3 mit toitber 33ei foldjer 9^at)rung tt)ad)ft man Unb lod^t ba 33lut in ben 3lbern. ^5^r DZad^bar^linber, biitet eu$ 3)iit bem jungen 33urfrf>en ju ^abern ! ift ein au bem 33oben bie Unb fcfylagt euc^> bamit ben 9}iicfen tt>unb Unb bie $opfe toinbelioeid^e. (Siegfrieb gleicf)t er, bem eblen 3Son bem fair fingen unb fagen ; )er ^at, nad^bem er gefcfymiebet fein 16 !Den 2(mbof3 entjtvei ^50, bu toirft einft toie iegfrieb fein, Unb tobten ben i)dfIid^en SJracfyen, eifa ! ioie freubig bom >immel b, erab 20 SBirb beine faau 3tmme lad^en ! >it toirft ib,n tobten, unb feinen ort, 3)ie ^Heicb^fleinobien befi^en. eifa ! h)ie h)irb auf beinem 24 !Die golbne $rone bli^en ! 90 ^cines (Sebidjte. 101. $>en!' id; an 2)eutfd;>lanb in ber 2)ann bin idf) um ben nen unb SSerlangen. SRein e^nen unb Sevlangen 3)ie alte grau fiat mid? befyejt. ^4> benle immer an bie alte, >ie alte gtau, bie ott er^alte ! 35ie alte ^rau fyat mid; fo Iteb, Unb in ben SBriefen, bie fie fcfyrteb, ' id;, toie i{>re >anb gejittert, 16 SBie tief ba 9)tutter^erj erfd^tittert. 2)ie 9Jintter liegt mir ftet im inn. 3h)o!f lange ^a^re floffen f)in, 3ttolf lange ^afjre finb toerfloffen, eit id) fie nid)t an ^erj gefd)Ioffen. jDeutfcf)Ianb i>at eurigen Seftanb, ^ ift ein lerngefunbel Sanb ! feinen (Sicfyen, feinen Sinben 24 933erb' icfy e immer toieber finben. 91 ftad) 3)eutfd)lanb ledfot' id; nid^t fo fe&,r, 2Benn ntcfyt bie Gutter borten toar' ; 23aterlanb trnrb nie toerberben, bie alte $rau lann fterben. o 3SieIe fanfen bort in rab, 3Me ic^) geliebt tcenn id) fie g 32 2Rit ber gab, I immer ^o^er meine Dual ; ift, al St>a'Igten fid; bie 2eid)en 36 2luf ntetne 33ruft ottlob ! fie ioeid)en ! ottlob ! burd; meine ^enfter bridjt @ lommt mein SBeib, fd)on h)ie ber Sltorgen, 40 Unb Iad)elt fort bie bevttfd)en eben ^incin ben breifadjen $lud; 9Bir ioeben, h)ir toeben ! ,,@in gludE) bem oen, ju bem U)ir gebeten n 3Sinterfatte unb ebtcfyte. 28ir baben toergebeng gefyofft unb gefyarrt, dr b, at un geafft unb gefoppt unb genarrt 2Bir toeben, fair tueben ! w (Sin g'lucb, bem ^onig, bem ^onig ber 2)en unfer (Slenb nid()t lonnte ertoeid^en, 3)er ben le^ten rofci^en toon un erprefft, Unb un h)te unbe erfc^iejjen lafft 2Bir loeben, toir toeben ! 16 ,,@in $lurf) bem falfd^en S?aterlanbe, SSo nur gebetfyen mad^ unb (Sd^anbe, 2Bo jebe S3Iume frii^ gefnicft, So $aulni unb SJJobev ben iZBurm erquidt 20 2Btr toeben, toir toeben ! c&jffcfyen fliegt, ber Sebftub,! frad^t, 28tr toeben emftg Stag unb ^arfjt - 2lltbeutfc^lanb, loir toeben bein Seicfyentucb,, 24 2Bir toeben binein ben breifad)en ^Iuc. toeben, unb toeben I" bem Zcadjlaf. 93 1 1 t r. 103. E3o toirb etnft beg -SBanbermuben Unter ^almen in bem iiben ? Unter Sinben an bem 2Berb' i(^ h>o in einer SBiifte @tngef^arrt toon frember anb? Dber rufy' td^ an ber $iifte in bem @anb ? ^mmerl)in! SJiid^ h)irb umgeben otteebimmel, bort h)ie ^ier, Unb al ^obtenlam^en fd^ttteben bie 6terne uber mir. us ,,2>eutfd?Ian5. (in W inter mardjen." (ef$rteben im Sanuar 1844.) 104. Don 3Jbe, $ari, bu tfyeure tabt, 2Bir muff en fyeiite fd^eiben, %$ laffe bi$ im Uberfliife SSon 2Bonne unb toon ^reuben. beutfcfye erj in meiner S3ruft plo^Iid^ fran! setoorben, einjige Slrgt, ber e t>eilen fann, 3)er iDo^nt ba^eim im -ftorben. (Sr ioirb e fyeilen in furjer grift, riifymt feine gro^en uren ; ii^ geftef)e, mid^ fd^aubert fcfyon feinen berben 2Jiijturen. 2lbe, bu ^fyr meine luftigen Sriiber, ar narrifdje e^nfud^t treibt mid^ fort, 16 3)od^ fomm' id^) in ^urgent iweber. (94) 95 $)en!t eudr>, mit (gd^merjen fefyne id? micb, ^orfgerucfy, nacb, ben lieben $eibfd?nuc!en ber liineburger eib', 9Jacb, auerfraut unb 9fftiben. (> feljme mid) nad) t^en unb Dfacfyttoticfytern, ^lattbeutfc^t, c^toarjbrot, rob^eit fogar, 24 S'iacb, blonben $rebtgertoc^tem. Slitcb, nad^) ber Gutter fe^ne \t faffen, $$ briicfe btdg fo feft an mein ^erj, 32 Unb mufj bid? boc^ berlaffen. 2)ie lecfy jenbe Dual, fie treibt mid^ fort SSon meinem fu^eften liidfe SRujj toieber at^men beutfcb,e Suft, 36 3)amit ic^ nid^t erfttcfe. 3)te Dual, bie 3lngft, ber Ungeftitm, 3)a fteigert fid:) bi jum ^ram^fe. S jittert mein $ujj bor llngebulb, 40 2)afc er beutfcb, en 33oben ftam^fe. SSor @nbe beg ^ab,re bin id; jururf Seutfd^lanb, unb ic&, benfe ganj genefen, id? faufe bir bann 44 2>ie fc^onften 96 .^eines <5ebtd?te. 105. ttopitt I. ^m traurtgen 2Ronat -ftooember toar'3, 3)ie age tourben triiber, S)er 2Binb rif Don ben Saumen ba Saub, 4 2)a reiff id^ nad^ 2)eutfd^Ianb btniiber. Unb al irf> an bie renje lam, 3)a fii^It' ic^ ein ftdrfere^ ^lopfen ^n metner 33ruft, id^ glaube fogar ie 2Iugen begunnen ju tro^fen. Unb al6 \ meinte nicfjt anber, al ob ba angenei>m berblute. in fleine^ ^arfenmdbd^en fang. <5ie fang mit hja^rent efii^Ie Unb falfcfyer timme, bod^ n>arb id) fefyr 16 erii^ret toon ifyrem 6ie fang Don fiiebe unb Siebe^gram, Slufo^frung unb 9Bieberfinben 35ort oben in jener befferen 2BeIt, 20 2Bo affe Seiben fd)toinben. @ie fang bom trbifcfyen 5Bon greuben, bie batb jerronnen, 33on ^enfeitS, too bie <5eele fd^toelgt SSerllart in eto'gen Sonnen. Deuifctyanb. 97 ie fang ba alte GHapopeia bom >immel, SBomit man einluHt, toenn e gretnt, 28 2)a SBolf, ben grojjen Siimmel. ijcfr, fenne bie 2Beife, \a'nbe ertoarben. @ toa'rfift ^ienieben Srot genug atte 3Kenfd^enfinber, 9tofen unb 9Ki?rten, (Sdpon^eit unb 2uft, 44 llnb 3"dferer6fen nic^t minber. fiir ^ebermann, obalb bie cfjioten ^la^en ! S)en immel iiberlaffen Jcir 3)en Sngeln unb ben Unb toacfyfen un ^liigel nad^ bem ie terbeglorfen fcfytoeigen. a ift berlobt 3)lit bem fc^onen eniufje S)er ftreifyeit, fie liegen einanber im 3lrTn, 60 <5ie fd^toelgen tin erften $uffe. @in ^oc^^eitlarmen ift mein Sieb, 2)a beffere, ba neue ; ^n meiner (Seele gel>en auf 64 3)te (Sterne ber fydcfyften SBegeifterte terne, fie lobern 3erflief5en in ^lammenbad^en - ^d^ fiifyle micft, iounberbar erftarft, 68 3$ lonnte id^en jerbrecf)en ! (Seit id) auf beutfc^e (Srbe trat, iDurcfyftromen mic^ 3 au ^ er f^f te 3)er 3tiefe b,at toieber bte Gutter berii^rt, jz Unb e hwcfe,fen i^m neu bie ^rafte. 106. II. SBci^renb bie ^leine toon immelIuft etnttert unb muficieret, Sarb bon ben ^reu^ifc^en 2Jiein Coffer bifitieret. Deutfcfylanb. 99 Sefcfyniiffelten 2ltte3, Iramten fyeritm $n emben, ofen, djmupftiicfyern ; @ie fucfyten nacb, Sptijen, nacb, Sijouterien, Slucb, narf) berbotenen 23iicb,ern. $b,r b, oren, bie tyr im goffer fud^t ! ier trerbet i{;r nid;tg entbecfen ! 3Me ^ontrebanbe, bie mit mir reift, >ie ^ab' itf) im ^o^fe ftedEen. ^>ier b, ab' ic^> ^i^en, bie feiner finb 2U3 bie Don 33ruffel unb SJled^eln, Unb ^)aof' i^ einft meine <5pit>en au^, 16 @ie ioerben eucb, ftic^eln unb fyedfjeln. trage icb, Stjouterien, ^ronbiatnanten, em!peHleinobien be^ neuen gro|en Unbelannten. Unb biele SBucfyev trag' icb, im b.atte ^e^t bor mir ben ^reu^ifc^en 32 S)ie gro^e ^ouanenlette. 100 Seines (Bebtdjtc. 3ottberein" bemerlte er SBirb unfer 33olftb, um begriinben, (Sir toirb bag jertylitterte 33aterlanb 3 6 3 U einem anjen toerbinben. ,,@r giebt bie a'ujjere inbeit unS, 2)ie fogenannt matertette ; ie geiftige CJinfyett giebt un^ bie 6enfur, 40 2)te toa^rbaft ibeette ,,<5ie giebt bie innere in^eit un, it im 25enfen unb innen ; 2)eutfd)Ianb t^ut u inig nad) au^en unb innen." 107. Kaput III. im alten SJome liegt SJiagnuS begraben, ibn nicb,t i)eriued)feln mtt -fifatyer, 2)er lebt in cfytoaben. ^4) modjte nicf>t tobt unb begraben fein 21I ^aifer ju Slacken im Some ; SBeit lieber lebf ic^ al Ileinftet 3 U at ficb, n\(f)t fefyr beranbert. @ finb bie grauen SRantel nod) !0lit bent ^oF>en, rotten ^ragen w a 9totf> bebeutet @ang Corner in friifyeren immer ba3 boljern ^ebantifd^e immer ein redder SSinfel ^n ieber Seioegung, iinb im efid^t 24 2)er eingefrorene 2)iinfel. <5ie fteljen nod^ immer fo fteif fyerum, er ^cingt je^t unter ber -ftafe. iibel gefiel mir ba neue ^oftiim 2)er 3teiter, ba muf ic&, loben, 33efonber bie ^idfelfyaitbe, ben elm 40 3ftit ber ftdb,lernen (Spi^e nad oben. 102 ^eincs <8e6id?te. ift fo ritterlid) unb mafynt 2ln ber SBorjett fyolbe ^omanti!, 2ln bie 33urgfrau ^ob, anna bon -Jftontfaucon, 44 2ln ben g-reib. errn $ouqu, Itblanb, Siecf. mabnt an $reu^itg unb Gurnet, 2tn 2)ttnne unb frommeg S)ienen, 2tn bie ungebrurfte laubengjeit, 48 SBo nocf> letne 3^itung erfcbienen. , ja, ber elm gefdttt mir, er jeugt (Sin foniglicfyer (Sinfall h)ar' ! 52 G feblt nic^t bie ^Sointe, bie fiird^t' id^, loenn ein eiwtter entfte^t, leid^t fo eine r eud^ SBtel leid^tere^ ^o))f jeug laufen ; $>e 3)tittelalter fd^ioerer elm 60 $onnt' eud? genteren im Saufen. -- $u Slacken auf betn ^Boftb, ausfcfyilb, ben 3SogeI toieber, mir fo tief berb. afft ! 33oa (Sift 64 (Sdbaute er auf mid;) nieber. 35u b,dfsltd^er SSogel, toirft bu einft Dttr in bie anbe fatten, @o rutofe id? bir bie g-ebern au 68 Unb b. acfe bir ab bie ^ratten. Dcutfcf?Ian6. 103 3)u fotfft mir bann in luft'ger ofy' 2luf einer einen rotfyen 9J?ann iBor jebem U)id;t'gen (SretgniS. f?ad;tg, I>ab' id; gefe^en 3utoeilen einen bermummten aft Unfyetmlid; ^inter mir fteben. Unter bent Mantel ^telt er SBerborgen, ba feltfam bltnfte, 2Benn e jum 33orfd;ein fam, unb ein 16 Gin SttdfytbeU, ju fein mir biinfte. 104 fjeines (Bebicfyte. 6r fcf> ien toon unterfefcter (Statur ; 2)ie Slugen hrie jtoei (Sterne, 6r ftorte mid) im Scbreiben nie, 20 SSIieb rufyig ftefyn in ber $erne. (Sett ^afyren fyatte id> nicfjt gefe^n 2) en fonberbaren efetten, 3)a fanb i<^ tbn ploijltcft, h)ieber ^ict 4 3 n *> er ftiHcn 5J?onbnad^t 511 Gotten. 3d? fd^Ienberte finncnb bie Strain entlang, 3)a fab, td^ ii>n btnter mir gef>en, Sllg ob er mein (Scftatten ioare, unb ftanb 28 %ar mir unleiblicfc, idb bre^te ntid^ um Unb ft>rac&, : 3e^t fteb, mir Stebe, 2Ba folgft bu mir auf 2Beg unb Steg 3 6 ier in bcr nacf)tlicen Cbe? ^c^ treffe bid^) immer in ber Stunb', 2Bo SSeltgefiible f^rie|en ^n meiner 33ruft unb burcb, ba ^>tm 40 3)ie eifte^blt|e fd^ie^en. 5Du fteb, ft mid) an fo ftier unb feft teb, 9lebe : 2Ba berb, uUft bu $>ier unter bem 3Jlantel, bag b,eimlid() blinft? 44 2Ber bift bu unb h>a toiffft bu ? Deutfd?lan6. 105 ^ener ertoiberte trocfenen <2ogar ein btecb, en pfylegmatifrf) : %$ bitte bicb, er.orciere micb nicfyt, Unb toerbe nur nicfyt empbatifd? ! $$ bin lein efpenft ber SBergangen^eit $ein grabentftiegner (Strobtmfc^, Unb toon 9t>etorif bin icb lein Sin aucb nid^t feb,r %$ bin toon ^raftifc^er Unb immer frfjtoeigfam unb rut)ig. 3)ocb tt>iff e : U)a bu erfonnen im eift, SDas fiibr' icb, au, 5Dae tbu' icb,. ,,Unb gebn ami) ^ab,re briiber fyin, ^cb, rafte nicf)!, bi icfy bertoanble ^n SEirflicfifeit, toa bu gebacb.t; 2;u benlft, unb id), icf) b, anble. ,,^u bift ber SHicfyter, ber Siittel bin icb,, Unb mit bem efyorfam be ^nec^teg SSottftrecI' ic^ ba Urtfyeil, ba bu gefdttt, Unb fei e ein ungerec^teS. $onful trug man ein 33eil tooran, , in alien agen. Slucb bu fy aft beinen Siftor, bocb, toirb bir narf)getragen. ,,^d) bin bein Siftor, unb id> geb,' SBefta'nbig mit bem blanfen binter bir icb, bin toon beinen ebanfen.^ 106 ^eines nt' id^> mid) oft nadj bet baterlanbifcfyen ^Sfii^le, 2Benn i^ auf fyarten 3Jiatra^en lag ^n ber fe^Iaflofen ^ad^t be fd^Iaft fei)r gut unb trautnt aft auf beinen SBegen ar ntandtje^ ternlein auge^u|t 20 9Jtit betnen gliigelfdtlagen ! granjofen unb Stuff en ge^ort ba fianb, S)a ^Jleer get>6rt ben Srttten, SiBtr abet beft^en im Suftretd; be 24 $>te ^errfd^aft unbeftritten. Deutfdjlanfc. 107 ier iiben nnr bie >egemonie, finb fair unjerftiicf elt ; $>ie anbern Roller fyaben ficb 28 2luf Blatter GJrbe enttoicfelt. --- Unb al3 \attenben tra^en entlang 32 ^n bem alterti)umlirf)en Gotten. llnb ^inter mir ging irteber einfyer fd^lDarjer, bermummter Segleiter. h)ar fo miibe, mir bracken bte ^nie, immer gingen h)ir toeiter. 2Bir gingen ioetter. SJiein erj in ber 33ruft 2Bar flaffenb aufgefd^nitten, Unb au ber ^erjengtounbe Berber 2)ie rotten 3:ro^fen glttten. 3>cfy taurf)te mand)mal bie finger fyinein, Unb manrf>mal ift e gefdjefyen, ^> bie autf>iir^foften beftricfy bem 33lut im 3Soritbergeb,en. Unb jebemal, h>enn icfy ein Sejeid^net in folder SBeife, 6in terbeglocfd^en erf^oll fernfyer, 9Be^muti)ig toimmernb unb (eife. 2lm immel aber erblid^ ber 5Ronb, r tourbe immer triiber ; fd^toarjen S^offen jagten an ifym 52 !Die toilben 2BoIfen boriiber. 108 Unb imnter ging fyinter mir einbet 3Jiit feinem berbargenen Seile )ie bunfle eftalt fo toanberten toit 56 SBofyl eine gute 2Beile. 28ir gefyen unb gefyen, bi loir SBteber jum 2>om^Ia^ gelangen; 9Beit off en ftanben bie ^Sforten bort, 60 2Btr finb fytnetngegangen. fierrfd^te tm unge^euren Stob unb ^Jad^t unb cfytoeigen ; @ brannten 2lmpeln ^)te unb ba, 64 Urn bie 3)unlel^eit r'ed^t gu jetgen. ^d^ loanbelte lange ben $fei(ern entlang Unb ^orte nur bie ritte 33on meinem Segleiter, er folgte mir 68 Slud^ I)ier 6ei jebem d^rttte. 2Bir !amen enblic^) ju einem Drt, 2Bo funlelnbe ^erjent>eEe Unb bli|enbeg olb unb beiftein ; tear bie ie fyeifgen brei 5lonige jeboc^, S)ie fonft fo ftitt bort lagen, D SBunber ! fie fa^en aufrecfyt je^t 76 3luf i^ren arfoipfyagen. SDrei 5Cobtengen^|)e, ^F>antaftifd; 9Jiit kronen auf ben elenben S8ergiI6ten (Srfjabeln, fie trugen aud 80 3)a center in fnoc^ernen >anben Deutfd?Ianb. 109 2Bie >ampelmdnner beroegten fte 3Me langftixrftorbenen $nocfyen ; 2)ie fyaben nad) 3Jlober unb sugleid) ftad) 2Beil)raud)buft gerod)en. 3)er (Sine betoegte fogar ben SJiunb Unb fyielt eine 9iebe, f efyr lange ; dr fe^te mir auSeinanber, toarum @r metnen 9iefpeft berlange. 3uerft ioetl er ein Xobter fet, Unb jtoettenS toeil er ein ^onig, Unb brtitenS iuetl er ein eil'ger jebodj 2)a 2lffe rii^rte mitfy toentg. ^d^ gab.ifim jur 2lntn)ort lad^enben SSergebenS ift betne Semii^ung ! ^d; fef)e, baf bit ber 3Sergangen^eit e^orft in jeber SBesiefyung. fort toon fyier ! im tief en rab eure natitrltdie tetle. Seben nimmt je^t in biejer ier im 2)ome ^aufen, Unb toeicfyt iF>r nid;t iuittig, fo brand!)' id) ettialt Unb laff ' eud) mit ^olben laufen ! (So fprad) id), unb icfy bre^te mid) urn, 2)a fab, id; furd)tbar blinfen 2)e ftummen SegleiterS furd^tbareS 33eil Unb er berftanb mein 2Binfen. 110 fjeincs <8e6tcf?te. 6r nafyte fufy, unb mit bem SBeil ^erfcfymetterte er bie armen (Sfelette be 2lberglauben, er fcfylug 112 <3ie nieber ofyn' Csrbarmen. @ brotmte ber iebe 2Bieberb.aH 2lu atten eh)blben, entfe^Itd^ ! 33Iutftrome fd^ofjen au meiner Sruft, 116 Unb ic^> eriuac^te 110. ftoput IX. SBon Gotten toar tc^ brei SSiertel auf 2Rorgen fortgereifet ; * 2Bir lamen nad^ agen fd^on gegen S)rei, !Da toirb ju SRittag gej^eifet. 2)er Sttfcfe, roar geberft. ^ier fanb i* gang 3)ie altgerntanii'd^e ^iid^e. @ei mir gegrii^t, mein fie etnft bet ber 2Rutter! ^)TC fyeimifdjen StocEfifd^e, feib mir gegrii^t! 2Bie fd9h)immt ib,r flug in ber Suiter! ^ebtoebem fiifylenben erjen bleibt )a 3SaterIanb etoig tbeuer %6gel, bie frommen ebratenen (Jnglein mit 2fyfelmujj, @ie jnntfcberten mir: ,,23ittf ommen !" ,,28Ulf ommen, SanbSmann," jtoitfcfyerten fte ,,33tft lange aulgebUeben, aft bid^) mit frembem ebogel fo lang ^n ber grembe fyerwngetrieben !" S ftanb auf bent ifdje eine an?, in ftitte, gemutf>It4>eg SSefen. (5ie F>at toiettetcfyt mi4> einft geliebt, 2tll toir beibe nodb jung geiuefen. <5te blicfte mic^ an fo bebeittungSbott, o innig, fo treu, fo toeb, e ! Sefa eine fcfyone (Seele tear ba gleifcb, feb,r Slurfj einen lufretm beg alten SiebS, oft meine 2lmme gefungen ,,@onne, bu flagenbe gfamme !" 2)a b, at 2Bie 2BalbIj>ornruf geflungen. @ !ommt im Sieb ein 3Jiorber bor, S)er lebt' in 2uft unb ^yreube ; 2Ran finbet t^>n enblii^ im 2BaIbe ge^enft 2ln enter grauen SSeibe. SJiorberg ^obeSurtfyeil toar enagelt am SSeibenftamme ; a ^aben bie ^dd^er ber ^efyme getf>an 16 ,,<5onne, bu flagenbe ^-lamme !" 2>ie onne loar HIdger, fte fyatte beh)ir!t, 35aj man ben Sftorber berbamme. Dttilie ^atte fterbenb gefcfynen : 20 n onne / bu flagenbe glamme !" Unb benf icfy be Siebe, fo benf id) and) 35er 2lmme, ber lieben 2llten, <;$tf) feb,e toteber ifyr braune^ 24 2Rit aEen 3tunjeln unb ar geboren im SJiiinfterlanb, Unb toufite in grower 9Kenge ej'benfterge^idfiten, graufenfyaft, 28 Unb SJidrd^en unb SSoIfSgefdnge. . . ftorfenbem 2ltf>em ^orrf)te id^ b,in, JBenn bie 3tlte ernfter unb leifer 3u fbrec^en begann unb bom 9?otb, bart fbraa), 32 3Son unferem fyeimlicfyen ^aifer. Deutfcfylanb. 113 (Sie fyat mir berftcfyert, er fei nicfyt tobt, 2Bie ba glauben bie elefyrten, @r b, aufe berftedt in einem 23erg 36 3Jtit feinen 23affengefdb,rten. fer ift ber 33erg genannt, Unb brtnnen i(t eine .5E>Ie ; $)ie 3(mpeln er^eHen fo getfterfyaft 40 2)te ^od^getoolbten die. @m iWorftaff ift bcr erfte @aal, Unb borten fann man jefyen 2SteI' taufenb ^ferbe, blanfgefd^irrt, 44 2)ie an ben ^rt^pen ftefyen. eiten aale, auf ber treu, man olbaten liegen, ' taufenb olbaten, bdrtigeg SSoIf, friegerifd; tro^igen rbunberten fi^t er 2tiif fteinernem @iui)I am fteinernen 68 3)a au)3t auf bie Slrnte ftii^t er. ein 23art, ber big gut @rbe ^ft rotf) h)ie ^euerflammen, 3utoeilen jtotnfert er mit bem -ji 3^ e ^ manc^mal bie Bremen jufammen. d^Icift er ober benft er nacfy? 9Kan fann' nicfyt genau ermitteln ; 2)orf) toenn bie red^te timbe fommt, 76 SSirb er em^or fid) riitteln. 2)ie gute ^a^ne ergretft er bann Unb ruft : ,,3u $ferb ! ju ^3ferbe !" @ein reifige^ SSoII erh)acr;t unb fpringt 80 Saiit raffelnb empor toon ber rbe. @in ^jeber fd^toingt fify auf fein iei) ert unb ftam))ft mit ben ufen ! er ^aifer ^alt ein ftrengeg 88 6r toitt bie iiorber beftrafen - Deutfd)Ianb. 115 35te -Btorber, bie gemeitcfyelt einft 2)ie tfyeure, tounberfame, olbtodfigte SJungfrau ermania ! 92 atte bie battenben die; @r frug mid^> 2)ie, er frug mid? 33erlangte, baf id? erjdble. @r ^atte au ber Dberioelt Seit bielen, bielen ^abren, feit bem ftebenjcifyrigen Sterben^irtort erfa^ren. 116 Denies eMcljte. frug nad; 9Jiofe ;IRenbelfob,n, ber $arfd;in, mit ^ntreffe er nad; ber rdfin SDubarrty, 16 3)e fimfgefynten 8ublmg Sftaitreffe. D $aif er, rtef id;, h)ie bift bu S)er 9Jlofe tft langft geftorben, s Jlebft feiner Skbeffa, aud^ 20 er (go^n, tft geftorben, berborben. 3)er 2lbrai>am l>atte mit Sea erjeugt (Sin 93iibd^en, ^elij l>ei^t er, SDer brac^te e teit tm 6^riftenti)iim, 2 4 Sf* f^9 on $apettemneifter. 2)ie S)ubarr^ lebte luftig unb flott, @o lange Subioig regierte, 3)er giinfje^nte namlic^), fie ftmr fc^on alt, 28 21I man fie guiEotim'erte. 2)er ^onig Subhng ber ^unfje^nte ftarb anj rufyig in feinem S3ette, 2)er edjgeljmte aber h>arb guiEotiniert 32 3Jiit ber ^onigin Stntoinette. 2)ie $6nigin geigte gro^en anj roie e fid) gebii^rte, 2)ie SDubarrty aber tweinte unb fd^rie, 36 2ll man fie guillotinierte. -- ^aifer blieb ^lo^lirf; ftiHe fteb^n, Unb fa^ mid) an mit ben ftieren 2(ugen unb farad; : ,,llm otteStotttn, 4 o 2Ba ift a, uittotinieren '?" Dcutfdjlanb. 117 uittotinieren erlld'rte id; il)m 3ft eine neue s JJletI)obe, 2Bomit man bie Seute jeglid)en tanbg 44 33om Seben bringt gu obe. 33ei biefer Sftetfyobe bebient man fid) Slitd) einer neuen 2Rafd)ine, SDtc i>at erfunben err uittotin 48 35rum nennt man fie uittottne. 2)u tuirft I)ter an em Srett gefd)naflt ; - SDaS f enft ftd^ ; bu toirft gefdjoben efd)h)inbe jtotfd;en jtoet ^foften ; eg fycingt 52 @tn breierfig Sell ganj oben ; 3Jian jtefyt eine rfinur, bann fdpie^t fyerab 3)a ^Beil, gang lufttg unb munter; Sei biefer elegeni>eit fafft bein 56 S ^aifer fiel mir in bie ftiH, toon beiner 3ftafd)ine id; TO^tg totffen, ott 60 2)af id) mid) i^rer bebtene ! $6nig unb bie ^onigin! an einem 33rette! ift ja gegen aHen 9tef^e!t 6 4 Unb atte gtifette ! ,,Unb bu, toer bift bu, ba bu eg toagft, 5Jiid) fo toertraulid) ju bu^en? 2Barte, bu Siir[d)d;en, id) roerbe bit fd^on 68 )ie !eden ^liigel ftu^en ! 118 Ijetnes erma^en in Gifer gerietf> 2)er 3llte unb fonber Sd^ranlen llnb (Sd^onung mic^ anfdjnob, ba plafeten ^erau^ 76 2ludi mir bie gef>eimften ebanfen. err 9fiot^bart rief id^ laut bit bift in alte gabeltoefen, e!^, leg bic^ fd) (afen, ioir loerben ung 80 2lu$ ot)ne bic^ erlofen. Slepublifaner lac^en un a n fte an unferer S^i^e So etn ef^enft mit 2ce^ter unb 84 @ie riffen fd^Iec^te Slucb, beine ^ab,ne gefallt mir nicfyt rne 3)ie altbeut)cf)en barren berbarben 3Kir fc^on in ber Surfcfyenlcfyaft bie Suft 88 Sin ben fcfytoar^rothsgolbnen garben. 33efte loare, bu bliebeft j ier in bem alten ^tyfffyaufer 33ebenf ify bie m Xraum, im raum toerftefyt fid;, ^m n)ad;enben guftanb fpred;en toir nid;t W\t ^iirften fo toiberfeljig. trdumenb, im ibealen Xraum, 2Sagt i^nen ber 2)eutfd^e 511 fagen 2)ie beutfc^e SReinung, bie er fo tief erjen getragen. 2ll irf) ertua^t', fu^r tcf) etnem 2Balb SSotbet, ber 2tnbltcf ber Saitme, 3)er nadften ^oljernen SStrflic^feit, $8erf$eurf)te meine 3)ie (Sicken fc^iittelten evnft^aft ba $>ie Sirfen unb Strfenretfer @ic ntdften fo toarnenb unb tcfy rief : 1 6 SSergieb mtr, mein t^eurer Bergieb mtr, o 9totbbart, ba rafcfye 2Bort ! ^d^ ioet^, bu bift btel ioeifer 2ll id>, id; ^abe fo twenig ebulb S)od; fomme bu balb, mein ^aifer! SDir ba^ uiQotinieren nid)t, bleib bei ben alien SJtttteln: (gd^toert fiir (SbeHeute, ber 24 5 ur 33irger unb Sauern in 120 9lur mand)mal toecfySle ab, unb laf 2)en 2lbel fyangen, unb Ittyfe @in bigcfyen bie SBiirger unb' SBauern, toir finb 28 ^ lt)teber ^er b arl be giinften, Itnb tljeile toteber ein bag 32 S'iad^ tanben, itben unb alte t>eil'ge romifd^e toieber ^er, ba ganje, ieb un ben mobrtgften ^Blunber 36 SKtt cittern ^trlefanje. SJiittelalter, immeri)tn, a^re, tote e getoefen, %d) toitt e ertragen erlofe un nur 40 SSon jenem 3h)ittertoefen, SSon jenem ^amafc^enrtttert^um, )a efel^aft ein etnifc^ ift SSon got^tfd^em 2Ba^n unb mobernem 2ug, 44 3)a toeber ^leifc^ no$ gifd^ ift. fort ba ^omobianten^acf, Unb fc^Iie^e bie (Scfyaufpielfya'ufer, 9Bo man bie 3Sorjeit parobiert 48 ^omme bu balb, o ^aifer ! 2)eutfd)lanb. 121 113. xvm. SRinben ift eine fefte 33urg at gute 2Beb,r unb SBaffen! 3Jiit preufjifcfyen $eftungen b,ab' icfy jebodj 4 -fticfyt gerne toaS ju fc^affen. 9Bir famen bort an jur 2lbenbjeit. 3)ie ^lanlen ber 3u9^iicf' fto^nten @o fc^aurig, al tDtr f)iniibergerollt ; 8 2;ie bunflen rdben gat>nten. 2)ie b,oi)en 33aftionen fd^auten micf) an, (So brofy enb unb berbroffen ; S)a grofje %$oic ging raffelnb auf, 12 SBarb rafjelnb tuieber gefd^Ioffen. 2ld) ! meine eele ioarb betriibt, 2Bie be Db^ffeu^ eele, 2113 er gefyort, baf ^Sol^b, em 16 3)en ^elSblocE fc^ob bor bie ^ofyle. @g trat an ben 2Bagen ein Unb frug un: h)ie totr $$ b,eiBe ^itemanb, bin 2tugenarjt 20 Unb ftecfye ben taar ben 9ltefen. ^m SBirtb, b, au trarb mtr nod^) f glimmer ju SRutb, , 2)a Gffen toottt' mir nicfyt fc^mecfen. ing fc^Iafen fogleid), boi^ fd^Iief id) nid^t, 24 9Kic briidEten fo fd^njer bie $>ec!en. 122 Seines ( toar ein breites? ^eberbett, arbinen bon rotfyem SDamajte, )er immel toon fcerblicfyenem olb, 28 SRit einem fcfymu^igen Duafte. 33erflurf)ter Duaft! ber bie gan^e 35ie Itebe ^itbe tnir raubte! @r ^ing mtr, iote be 2)amo!Ie d^toert, 32 (So brob, enb iiber bem @c()ten manc^mal etn @d^Iangenlo!pf gu fetn, Unb icb, i) orte i^>n E)eimltcf) gtfcfy en : ,,S)u bift unb bleibft in ber ^eftung je^t, 36 2)u fannft ntd^t mefyr enttoifc^en !" D, baf idj> twdre feufjte tcf) af ic^> ju aufe toare, S3ei meiner Iteben ^rau in $ariS, 40 ^m faubourg ^oiffonifcre ! ^d^ fii^Ite, h)ie iiber bie time mir mancfymal @th)al geftrid^en, einer lalten Senfor^anb, 44 Unb meine ebanfen toid^en - enbarmen, in 2eic&,enla!en ge^iittt, Umringte mein Sett, id) ^orte aurf> 48 Un^eimlic^eS ^ettengeKirre. 2lc^! bie efyenfter fc^Ie^ten mid^t fort, Unb icb, f>ab' mic^ enblid^ befunben Sin einer fteilen ftelf entoanb ; 52 3)ort mar idf? feftgebunben. Deutfcfylanb. 123 3)er bofe fd;mutjige Settbimmelquaft! $$ fanb ib,n gleidjfaflg toieber, 2>oc6, fab, er jet tote ein eier au, 56 9JMt ^ratten unb fd^toarjem efieber. @r glid^ bem ^reu^tfc^en 3lbler je$t, Unb fydt meinen Seib umf lammert ; @r fra^ tntr bie Seber au ber 33ritft, 60 %3) fyabe gefto^nt unb gejammert. ^ jammerte lange ba frafyte ber Unb ber giebertraum erblaffte. ^d^ lag gu 2Jlinben im fc^tot|enben Sett, 64 $er 2lbler tnarb toieber gum Quafte. ^4) reifte fort mit Unb fc^o^fte freten Dbem Girft brau^en in ber freien -ftatur 68 2tuf Surfeburg'fd^em SBoben. 114. .Uaput XX. 58on arburg fubr td^ in einer 6tunb' amburg. @ loar fd;on 2lbenb. 3)ie (Sterne am immel grii^ten mid), 2)ie Suft toar linb unb labenb. Unb all ic&, ju meiner ^rau 3Jiutter fam, Grfd^raf fie f aft toor greube ; @tc rief: ,,9ftein Iiebe ^inb!" unb fc^Iug gufammen bie onbc beibe. 124 Retries (Sebicfyte. 9Jletn UebeS inb, toob,! breijefyn SSerfloffen unterbeffen ! 25u toirft geh)if recfyt fyungrig fein - 12 (Sag an, toa toittft bu ejfen? ,,^cb, b,abe $ifrf> unb anfefleifd? Unb fcfyone 2(pfelftnen." @o gieb mtr gtfcf) unb anfefleifd^ 16 Unb fd^one Sl^felfinen. Unb al3 id) a^ mit gro^em $)te 9)cittter toar gludflidp unb munter, n fd^ioeigenb berje^ren ; Iriegt fo leic^t eine rat' in ben 2& 2)u barfft mid^ je^t nid^t ftoren. Unb alg id^ ben braben gifdp ie @an h)arb aufgetragen. 3)ie Gutter frug nneber y. 2JMtunter berfdnglicfie liebe ^inb! in toeld^em ?anb Safft ftd^ am beften leben? 4?ier ober in ^ranfreid;? unb toelcfyem 33olf 36 Sirft bu ben SSorjug geben ? Deutfd?Ian6. 125 $)ie beutfcfye anS, lieb TOutterlein, 3ft gut, jebocfy bie granjofen, <3ie ftopfen bie anfe beffer al3 toir, 4 o 2lu$ fyaben fie beffere aucen. Unb ati bie an fic^ rmebe* 2)a marten it>re 2luftoartung 2)ie l^felfinen, fte fd^medten fo fii^, 44 anj iiber affe rtoartung. 35ie Gutter aber fing toieber an 3u fragen feljr Dergniigltc^) 9iac^ taufenb 2)ingen, tnitunter fogar 4 8 Wafy ^Dingen, bie fefyr 2Bie benfft bu retbft bit nod^) immer nul 5Reigung ie ^Bolitif ? BU toel^er $artei 52 ef)6rft bu tnit tiberjeugung?" lieb 3Jiutterlein, en " te erjogtn Iacf)t: rr , r 3<^ laff' bic^ nicfyt fort, SBebor t^ bein StntH^ gefeben." " ,,!Durc^Iau4)tigfte ^tau, gebt Urlaub tntr, 9)iein 2lnbltcf bringt (Sd^redEen unb rauen " 2)ie ^erjogin lad^t : ,,,,^d^ fiirc^te mic^ ntc^t, %3) toitt bein S(ntli$ fcb.auen." " ,,2)urd9lauc^tigfte ftiau, gebt Urlaub mir, 2)er 9tac^t unb bem ^Cobe gefyor' ic^ " p !Die erogin ladpt: %$ laffe bid^ nicfyt, 3)ein 2(ntli^ ju flatten begefyr' ic^."" ftrdubt fid^ ber 9ftann mit finfterm SBort, SSeib nid)t ja^men funnt' er; <3ie rif gule^t ib,m mit etoalt 2)ie 5Raf!e bom Slntli^ I) erunter. ift ber cfyarfricfyter bon Sergen!" fo fd^reit (Sntfe^t bie SRenge im aale Unb toeicfyet fdbeufam bie erjogin fort ju i^rem emafyle. 2)er erjog ift Hug, er tilgte bie @rf)m 3)er attin auf ber Stette. @r jiog fein blanfe^ c^toert unb fbracb, : bor mir nieber, efeUe !" 128 fjetnes (Sebtcfyc. ,,:3Jiit biefem <2d;toertfd;lag mad;' id) bid) ^e|t efyrlid; unb ritterjiinftig. Unb toeil bu etn djelm, jo nenne bid) 48 >err elm toon SBergen fiinftig." @o ioarb ber Denier ein @belmann Unb 2lbnt>err ber cfyelme Don SBergen, @in ftoige? ef(^Ierf;t ! e blubte am 52 S e ^t f^^ft * in fteinernen <3drgen. 116. ging bie tounberfcfyone @ultantorf;ter auf unb nieber Um bie 2lbenbjeit am pringbrunn, 2Bo bie iDei^en 2Baffer platfd&em. ftanb ber iunge (Sflabe Um bie 2lbenbjeit am Springbrunn. 2Bo bie toei^en SBaffer plti tfcfyern ; 2;aglirf; iparb er bteid; unb bleitf;er. 2lbenb3 trat bie giirftin 3luf ifm gu mit raf d;en 2Borten : ,,SDeinen ^amen ioitt irf; toijfen, 2)eine ^eimat, beine Unb ber 6flabe f^rad; : %$ beifee 3Ro^ameb, id; bin au 9)emen. Unb mein <5tamm finb jene 2tfra, 16 2BeIa;e fterben, h>enn fte lieben." Samentattonen. 3)a (Sliicf ift etne leidjte $irne, Unb toeilt nic&t gem am felben Ort, @ie ftreid)t ba $aar bir Don ber time, Unb tflfft bi rafd? unb flatter! fort. gfraii Ungliicf ^at im Oegent^eile 35tc^i liebef eft an3 $erj gebrildt ; ie fagt, fie Jjabe teine tie, 3 ct ftd) ;u bir an3 Sett unb ftritft. 117. unb <5anfte Siafen, tnit ben glii^nben 9lofen, Siige, filler ;Dunft, SSereblung rofyer S3runft, j, ber Stebe Retire SDa feib Sftetfter ibr, Stber toir berftefyn un 2Btr ertnanen, auf ben af. Slug Oemiitb, e Siefen qutttt er, 3)eutfcf)er af ! )ocb, rieftg Unb mtt feinem tfte fuHt er @cb,ier ba ^eibelberger %afe. (129) 130 f)etnes (De&tdjte. 118. 25 ic (3n ein Sud.) , ein unglciub'ger laub' idE? an ben ^immel nicfyt, SDen bie ^ircfyenlefyre 9ffoma tlnb ^erufalemS Derf^rtd^t. bie pftenj ber @ngel, 2)ie bejtoeifelte icf> nie ; Sicfytgefdjopfe fonber Mangel, $ier auf (Srben iuanbeln fie. 9iur, genab'ge ^rau, bie @^red9' \n, ber bo!ppelt quaibelaben, ^^n, ben man ben SDicfyter b,ei^t Homcmcero. 131 119. 9llte .ftamtnftiicf. &raufjen giefyen toeifce $Ioc!en ^urcb, bie Wafyt, ber (Sturm ift laut ; ier im (Stiibd^en ift eg trocfen, SBarm unb etnfam ftiUttettraut. innenb fi^' id^ auf bem effcl Sin bem fnifternben ^amtn, ^od^enb fummt ber 2BafferfeffeI Sangft berflungne SJielobien. Unb em ^a^cgen fi^t baneben, 2Barmt bie ^fotcfyen an ber Iutf> ; Unb bie $latnmen fc^h)eben, toeben, SBunberfam toirb mir 511 SRutb, . SDd'mmernb lommt beraufgeftiegen ^ftancfye la'ngft bergeffne 3^it, 9Bie mit bunten SRaffenjiigen Unb berblid^ner (Sd^one graun, mit fluger 3Jliene, SBinfen fu^geb^eimnigbott Unb bajluifc^en ^arlefine ^ringen, lacb^en, Iitftigtott. griifcen SRarmorgotter, SCraum^aft neben i^nen ftefyn SKdrd^enblumen, beren SIdtter ^n bem -Btonbenlicfyte h)eb,n. 132 ^etnes ebtdjte. S&acfelnb !ommt fyerbeigefcfytoommen :3Jlanrf)e alte gauberfcfylofS ; interbrein geritten lommen 28 Slanle Slitter, Unb bag 2ltte jieb, t Doriiber, djattenbaftig iibereilt 2tcb, ! ba fod&t ber Seffel uber, 32 Unb ba naffe 120. bie d^> nt(^t lirren, laf^ bid) nid^t toirren golbne ^tpf el in beinem 2auf ! d^toerter flirren, bie ^Bfeile fc^t ^alten fie nicfyt ben elben auf. @in fii^ne SBeginnen ift ^albeS etoinnen, (Sin 2llejanber erbeutet bie 2Belt ! ^ein langeg Sefinnen ! 2)ie ^oniginnen rtoarten fdgon fnieenb ben (Sieger im 2Bir toagen, toir toerben ! befteigen al @rben alien S)ariu S3ett unb %t)von. D fiifceS SSerberben ! o blitf> enbeg terben ! 12 SBeraitf fy ter ^rium^b, tob ju Homancero. 133 121. )iefe graue -JBolfenfcfyar tteg au einem 5Reer toon $reuben; >eute muf id) bafiir leiben, 2)af3 tdj> geftern gliicfltd? 2lcl>, in SBermutfy ^at berfe^rt ber 9?eftar ! 2ld^ ! tote qudlcnb ^a^enjammer, unbe=@Ienb unb SRagen mtr befd^toert! 122. iJebeaofjJ. atte tote ein mtt eignem 33Iut getrdn!et, Unb bit fyaft mtr je|t jum SDanf att' unb 2Bermut^ etngef^enfet. 335fe h)ar e^ nid^t gemetnt, Unb fo Better blteb bte time; Setber mtt SSergcf^Ud^fett 2lngefuHt tft betn ebime. lebiuo^I bit merfft eS faum, td^ toetnenb toon btr fdjeibe. ott er^alte, X^orin, btr g-latterftnn unb Seben^frcube ! 123. Jtfunbcre ! 2Benn bicfy ein 2Beib berratfyen fyat, (So Uebe flinf eine 2lnbre ; 9?ocfy befjer todr' e, bu liefeeft bie 6tabt 4 d^nitre ben Slanjen unb toanbre ! 2)u finbeft balb einen blauen @ec, Umringt bon ^rauertuetben ; ier toeinft bu au^ bein lleine 2BeIi> 8 Unb beine engen Setben. SSenn bu ben fteilen 33erg erfteigft, SSirft bu betrdd^tUd) acf^en ; SDod^ hjenn bu ben felftgen ibfel erreid^ft, 12 orft bu bie Slbter frozen. 2)ort toirft bu felbft ein 3lbler faft, 3)u bift h)ie neugeboren, u fu^lft bid^ fret, bu fitylft : bu ^afi 16 35ort unten nid^t SSiel berloren. 124. 2BeIle 95eil^en, ftaub'ge Sodfen, in berblid^en blaue Sanb, alb jerriffene Sitlette, 2angft toergeffner erjentanb Homancero. 135 !gn bie gtatttmen be SBerf ' id) fie toerbroffnen &ngftlid> fniftern biefe SCriimmer unb e, flattcrf)afle Gibe, in ben cfylot fte fyinauf e fid^ert Unftcfytbar ber Heine ott. S3ei ben ^ylammen beS d^ trdutnenb, unb idp fefy', 2Bte bie giinld^en in ber 2lfdje 16 titt berglu^n ut' ^ad?t Slbe ! 136 a * a r H s. 125. SBeUIanf. man 23iel, fo toirb man balb m'el -iDiefyr baju befommen. 2Ber nur 28emg i>at, 2)em h>irb ba 2Bentge genommen. 9Benn bu aber gar d^, fo lajfe bid^ begraben ein 9fec^)t jum Seben, Sump, aben nur, bie ettoaS fyaben. 126. tcrnc. Slumen erretd^t ber %u% fo letdjrt, h)erben gertreten bie meiften ; 9Jtan ge^)t borbet unb tritt entjtoei 2)ie bloben tme bie breiften. rufyn in toei^ man fte aufjufpuren ; 9Jian bofyrt ein ocl) unb fpannt fie in ^500), Don feibenen Komcmcero. 137 $ie (Sterne finb Hug/ fie fyalten init SSon unferer @rbe fid) feme ; 2tm ^immetejelt, ate Sifter ber 2BeIt, tefyn etoig ficber bie (Sterne. 127. rofj ift bie SHjmlicfyfeit ber beiben fcfyonen ^iingling^geftalten, ob ber (Sine gleidj SBiel blaffer, al ber 2tnbre, auc^ t>iel ftrenger, 4 $aft ntodbt' id^ fagen biel bornefymer aufxe^t, StU jener 2(nbre, toeldjer mtc^) bertraulic^ ^n feme Slrme fdr)Iof 2Bie lieblid^ fanft SSar bann fein Sdc^eln unb fein SMic! fo felig! 8 3)ann mod^t' eg h)of)I gefcfyefyn, bafg feine^ 9Jlo^nbIumenfranj aucf) meine Stirn beriif)rte Unb fettfam buftenb atten Sd^merj berfd^euc^te 2fu meiner laffen, D, ben ebanfen !ann mein er nidjt faffen! <5ie h>ar ntir 2Betb unb ^inb gugleicfy, 8 Unb gel?' id^ in ba immelfyofyn, SSernef)mt mein (Sd^Iu^en unb mein $lefyn Sefd^ii^t, toenn ic^ im oben rab, 16 2)ag Seib, ba id(> geliebet ^ab' ; @eib @rf)ilb unb Sogte eurem (Sbenbilbe, t, befcfyirmt mein armeg ^inb, 33ei atten SC^ranen, bie i^r je 20 ett>eint urn unfer -IRenfcfyentoefy, Seirn 2Bort, ba nur ber ^riefter fennt Unb niemals ofyne Dauber nennt, SBei eurer eignen c^on^eit, ulb unb 24 Sefcfytoor' \narf)tbaume. Komancero. 139 28ir treiben je^t gamiliengluc! 2Ba3 fyofyer locft, )a3 ift toont tibel 3)ie ^riebensifcfytoalbe fefyrt juriic!, )ie einft geniftet in beg $aufe3 iebel. emutfylicfy ruben 2Balb unb 3Son fanftem 2)fonblicf)t iibergoffen ; 3fiur manc^mal fnattt'g 3ft 2)a etn 12 @3 ift bietteidjt em $reunb, ben man erfd^offen. SSieHeid^t mit 2Baffen in ber at man ben ^ottfopf angetroffen. (9fad)t jeber ^at fo biel SBerftanb 16 2Bie ^laccug, ber fo fiifyn babon geloffen.) @g InaHt. @g ift ein gcft mefleid)t, @in geueriuer! jut oet^efeier ! 3)ie onntag, bie bem rab entfteigt, 20 S3egrii^t 9fafetenla'rm bie alte Seier ! 2lud) Stf^t taud^t toieber auf, ber (Sr lebt, er liegt nidBt btutgeroti>et 2luf einem d^Iad^tfelb UngarlanbS ; 24 ein 9tuffe, noc^ ^roat ^at ifyn getobtet. @ fiel ber greifyeit le^te Unb Ungarn blutet ftc^) ju Xobe 2)ocfy unberfefyrt blteb fitter 28 ein (Siibel aurf> er liegt in ber ^ommobc. @r lebt, ber ^ranj, unb toirb a S3om Ungarfriege SBitnberbtnge rjaljlen in ber @nfel $rei3 32 ebtcfyte. 2Benn \fy ben s Jiamen Ungarn fyor', SBirb mir ba3 beutfcr/e 2Bam ju enge, 6 brauft barunter h)ie ein 2Jieer, 3 6 2Jtir ift, al griifcten mic Strompetenfldnge ! G lltrrt mir toieber im emittf> 3)ie elbenfage, langft bertlungen, a etfern h)tlbe ^dm^enlteb 40 a Steb bom Untergang ber 9ttbelungen. @ ift baSfelbe elbenloo, @^ fmb biefelben alien SJiafyren, jDie 5Jiamen ftnb berdnbert blofj, 44 3)orf) finb' biefelben ,,elben lobebd'ren." @ ift baSfelbe d&idfal auc^ - SQBie ftolj unb frei bie gab^nen fltegen, (SiS muf ber elb, nad^> aftem 33raud^>, 48 S)en tl)ierif(^ roben SRdc^ten unterliegen. Unb biemal fyat ber D(^fe gar iit 23aren einen 33unb gefd^Ioffen $)u fdttft ; bo^> trbfte bid), SKag^ar, 52 2Bir 3lnbre fyaben fd^Iimmre onett bic^ iibertounben ; 2)0$ loir geratfyen in ba $0$ 56 S5on 2B6lfen, d^toeinen unb gemeinen unben. 2)a i>eult unb bettt unb grunjt tcf> fann rtragen laum ben 2)uft ber ieger, 2)oa; ftitt, $oet, 'Dal greift bi$ an 60 2)ii bift fo Iranf, unb fcfytoeigen h)dre fliiger. ^omanccro. 141 130. <5ie erlifd|t. Set SBorfyang fattt, ba3 Stitcf ift au3, Unb errn unb 2)amen gefyn narf; au3. Db ibnen audj) ba3 (Stiicf gefatten ? ^d) glaub', t4) fyorte Setfatt flatten. Sin f)od^beret)rteg ^Sit&lifum 33efIatfdE>te banlbar feinen 2)id^ter. $et3t aber ift ba ^>au fo ftumm, Unb finb toerfcfytounben Suft unb Std^ter. fyorcfy ! ein frftotternb fd)nober $lang (Srtont unfern ber oben 33itfyne ; S3ieHeic6t baf etne Saite fprang 12 2tn einer alien SSioline. SSerbrie^Iic^) rafc^eln im ^Sarterr' tioelc^e fatten fyin unb fyer, Unb s J[IIe^ riec^t na ranj'gem Sic. 16 2)ie leljte Sam^e dd^igt unb jifcf>t ngSbotf unb fie erlifd^t. arme Sid^t n>ar meine 131. Enfant perdu. SSerlomer ^often in bent ) feit breijjig ^a^e fampfte obne ojfnung, baf i$ ftege, touffte, nte fomm' id) gefunb norf; <5e&idjte. $d) toacfy te ag unb -ftad^t i$ fonnt' nicfyt fdfjlafen, 28ie in bent Sagerjelt ber ^reunbe cfyar (2lud) fyielt ba laute dfwarcfyen biefer 33raben 2ftid} itmcfy, toenn td^ ein bigc^en fcfylummrtg irar.) n jenen 9lac^ten fyat SanghjeiP ergrtffen oft, dud) ^urd^t (nitr barren fitrd;ten @ie gu berfd^eud^en, ^ab' id^ bann ge^fiffen 12 2)te f redden 9tetme etne pottgebtdf>t. ^a, toad^fant ftanb id), ba etoefjr im 3[rme, Unb nafyte irgenb ein berbdd^t'ger aud), (So fd)of id^ gut unb jagt' i^m eine iuarme, 16 Srufytoarme ^ugel in ben fd^nbben 33aitd). 3Jiitunter freilid) mod)t' e fid) ereignen, 2)af3 foldp ein fcfyledjrter aud) gleidj>fatt fe^r gut 3u fd^ie^en touffte ad), id) lann'S nirf)t leugnen 20 2)ie SBunben flaffen e toerftromt mein Slut. (Sin $often ift bafant! 2)ie 2Bunben flaffen S)er @ine fattt, bie 2lnbern riirfen nad; S)od) fatt' id) unbefiegt, unb meine 2Baffen 24 ie gteunbe, bie id) gelufft unb geliebt, )ie fyaben ba dtjlimmfte an mir Deriibt. 3Jiein erge brid^t ; bod9 broben bie (Sonne 4 Sad^enb begriifjt fie ben SJionat ber SBonne. 6 bliii)t ber Senj. ^m griinen 3BaIb 3)er luftige SSogelgefang erfd^afft. Unb SJldbd^en unb Slumen, fie Icic^eln jungfrdulic^ 8 D fd&one SBelt, bu btft abfcfyeulidj ! 3)a lob' id^) mir ben Drfu3 faft ; 3)ort !rdnft un nirgenb ein fcfynober ^ontraft ; ^iir leibenbe erjen ift e^ biet bejfer 12 ort unten am ft^gifc^en 3flad^tgeh)dffer. ein meland^olifd^e^ erdufc^, Sttympfyaliben obe efreifd^, 2)er gurien ingfang, fo fdgritt unb greU, 16 2)ajh)ifden be 6erberu ebeff (146) 146 fjeines pafft toerbriejjltd) 311 Ungliicf unb Dual $m cfyattenreicfy, bem traurigen 2^al, 3in ^roferpinen berbammten SDomdnen, 20 3ft 2lfle in inllang mit unferen ier oben aber tote graufamlid^ onne unb 9fofen fted^en fte mid^ ! 3JJtcfy fyofynt ber ^tmmel, ber blaulicfy unb 24 D fd^one 2BeIt, bu bift 135. 2orijcu. ruft ber 2:ob ^d^ tooUt', o > bic^ in einem 9BaIb berlie^e, ^n einem jener Stannenforften, o 2B6lfe ^eulen, eier fyorften Unb fd^redflid^ grunjt bie hnlbe <3au, blonben berg Gbefrau. ruft ber ob @^ tear' nocf> beffer, 8 3Kufft' id^ auf fyofyem eegetDciffer 3SerIaffen btd, mein 2Setb, mein 9BenngIeid> ber toHe ^orbp 2)ort ^eitfd^t bie SBetten unb au ben 12 2)ie Unget^iime, bie bort fcfyliefen, aififc^' unb ^rofobile, fommen SJtit offnem Slacken emporgefd^tDommen laub mir, mein ^inb, mein 2Beib, 3Jiatf)i(be, 16 ^irfit fo gefafyrlicfy ift baS toilbe, rjiirnte 2Reer unb ber tro^ige 2SaIb, 2U3 unfer je^iger 2lufent^alt! Ce^te aififd:)e unb fonftige SReerungefyeuer : grimmere, frfilimmere Seftien entfydlt , bie leucfytenbe auptftabt ber 2BeIt, fingenbe, tyringenbe, fcfyone 24 ie ^>6lle ber Gngel, ber Steufel ) bid) fyter berlaffen foil, marfjt mic^ berriicft, 2)a mac^t micfy tott! it fpottif4>em umfen metn 33ett umfd^toirrn 28 25ie fcfytoarjen ^Hegen ; auf 9?af ' unb <5ttrn fte ftd^) fataleS eltd^ter ! fyaben h)ie ^Dienfc^engefic^ter, ^f>antenriiffe[ baran, 32 2Bie ott anefa in >mboftan. ^n meinem irne rumort e unb Inarft, 3$ glaube, ba toirb etn Coffer ge^adEt, Unb mein SSerftanb reift ab o ioe^e ! 36 9iocf> fritter, al id) felber ge^e. 136. bie Sufen Unb auf bem >ad)ftublager 3n?ei arme (Seelen gebettet ftnb ; m lam ein bratoer 6i>irurgu, toeld^er lonftatiert 20 35en Stob ber beiben $ababer. W 2)ie ftrenge SBittrung," erfldrte er, ff iJJiit 5Jiagenleere bereinigt, at S3eiber 2l6Ieben Derurfadfjt, fte b^at 24 3 um minbeftenS fotc^e befc^Ieunigt." JBenn 5 ri >fte eintreten, fe|t' er fy @ei ^oc^ft not^toenbig ^ertoabrung SJurcb, iooUene S)ecfen; er empfab,! 28 leicbjatts gefunbe 9^ab,rung. 137. Water Watt}. 2af bein ramen unb bein @cr)amen! SKerbe lecf itnb forbre laut, Unb man toirb ftcb bir bequemen, Unb bu fubjeft ^eim bie 33raut. ete (gebtcfyte. 149 3Birf bein olb ben SKuftfanten, 2)enn bte $tebel madfyt ba geft ; $iiffe betne (gdjtotegertanten, 8 $enfft bu gtetd;: ,,ol' eud; bte $eft!" 9lebe gut toon einem ^iirften Unb nid)t frf)lec^t bon einer ^rau ; ^mcfre ntd^t mit beinen SSurften, 12 SQBenn bu fcfylacfyteft etne Sou. 3ft bte tr$e btr ber^afft, X^or, S)e[to ofter ge^> Ijinetn ; 3te^ ben ut ab toor bem ^aftor, 16 @at berfaljen btr bte )etne ^rau, bejd^m bte r ladftelnb : ,,r jioet ; $auf tbr bt^en, golbne bangen, 28 llnb ^uh)elen nod) babei. 2Btrft bu btefen S^atf) erbroben, >ann, metn ^reunb ! genie^eft bu Sinft bag ^ptmmelreid; bort oben, 32 Unb bu ^afk auf Grben 150 Denies (gebicfyte. 138. (?rittiteruttfl two .Uroljiuinfcr^ Srfjrerfcn^tagett. JBir, 33urgermetfter unb <5enat, 2Bir fyaben folgenbeS SRanbat tabttodterlicfyft an atte Ulaffen 2)er treuen SBitrgerfcfyaft erlaffen : ,,2luIanber, ^rembe, fmb e meift, )ie unter un gefat ben eift 2)er 3tebeHton. 2)ergleid^en ttnber, ottlob! finb felten SanbeSfinber. otteIeugner finb e metft; 333er ftc^ toon fetnem otte ret^t, 2Sirb enbltd^) aud^ a&tritnnig toerben 3Son feinen irbtfcfyen SeEjorben. Dbngleit ge^ord^en, ift >te erfte ^flic^t fur $ub' unb @ fd^Itefee Igeber feine SBube, 16 obalb e bunfelt, g^rift unb ,,2Bo if>rer 3)rei beifammen ftef)n, a fott man au^einanber ge^n. ac^t^ foil ^iemanb auf ben ajfen 20 @id^ of>ne Seudjrte fe^en laffen. ,,@ liefre feine 2Baffen au @in S^ber in bem ilbenfyauS; 2luc^ 9Kumtion toon jeber orte 3Birb beponiert am felben Orte. Ce^te <5eMdjte. 151 w 2Ber auf ber trajje raifonniert, SBirb untoerjiiglicfy fiifiliert; SDa Sftaifonnieren burcfy eberben 28 ott gleid^faH^ fyart beftrafet toerben. ,,23ertrauet eurem SKagtftrat, S)er fromm unb Itebenb fd^ii^t ben taat 2)urc^> E>ulbreid^ ^od^tro^Ih)etfe SKalten; 32 @udj jietnt e^ ftetg ba3 9Jiaul 139. lie 9ttbiett$. ((Sine alte Sabel.) %$ laff' ntd^t bte ^tnblein, tote rfdufen irn ^iilftromtoaff er ; %$ bin aud^ fein f ,^d^ h)itt, hne etnft mein eilanb t^>at, 21m Slnblicf ber ^inber mid^ laben; SafS ju mir fommen bte ^inblein, jumal 8 2)ag grofce ^inb au @dh>aben." (So fpracfy ber ^ontg ; ber hammerer lief, Unb !am juriidE unb bracfyte ^eretn ba gro^e <5df>toaben!inb, 12 2)a^ feinen 2)iener macfyte. SDer ^onig f^rad^ : ,,3)u bift tooi>l ein ift juft feine ortet ber 24 ,,aben je|t nur bide." " ,,at SRenjel," frug toeiter ber ^onig, ,,feitbem ' 3JlauIfc^eaen erF)aIten?" n ^d? ban!e ber 5Had?frag'," " ertoibert ber e^toab', 32 ,,6r ^at noc^ genug an ben alien." " 5nig f^)rad : W 2)u bift md)t fo bumm, tote bu auSftefyft, mein ^olber." fommt,"" erh)ibert ber @etl tnid 36 3n ber SSiege toertaufd^t bte ^obolber." " er ^onig fbrad? : f ,(S bflegt ber @d?ioab' <3ein SSaterlanb ju lieben - 3^un fage mir, hxg ^at bid^ fort 40 2lu beiner eimat getrieben ?" 2)er @d^h)abe anttoortet : auerfraut unb Stiiben ; meine Gutter gleifd? gefod^t, 44 @o toar' id? bort geblieben." " Ce^te ebkfyte. 153 ,,6rbitte bir eine nabe," fpracfy )er $onig. 2)a fniete nieber 35er djluabe unb rief : ) geben ie, ire, 4 8 >etn 3Sol!e bie gretfyeit toteber! ift fret, e i;at bie -ftatitr ^^n nid)t geboren jum ^ned^te D gcben te ftc*> 56 3)er ab' au bem 2(uge bie S)er ^onig f^rac^) enblid^ : n \n fd^oner Straum ! eb hjo^l, unb toerbe gefcpeiter; Unb ba bu ein omnambulericfjt, 60 @o geb' td^ bir jtoei Segleiter, W 3h)ei fic|re enbarmen, 2)ie foflen bid^ S3t an bie ren^e fiifjren Seb h)D^I ! id^ muf jur ^arabe ge^n, 64 d^on i)5r' id? bie trommel rui>ren." o fyat bie rii^renbe 2tubienj (Sin riifyrenbe3 @nbe genommen. 2)od) lie^ ber $6nig feitbem nic^t me^>r 68 2)ie ^inblein u ic fommen. 154 ^etnes (Sebicfjte. 140. Sermittlung. 5)u bift begeiftert, bu fyaft 2U4aift gut! 3)ocf) fann man mit SegeiftrungSfcfya^en bie 33efonnenfyett erfeijen. 2)er geinb, id) toeifj e, fam^fet nid^t r 3ied^t unb Sid^t - ^>at er ^Itnten unb nicfyt nttnber ^anonen, biele ^mnbertyfiinber. ru^ig bein etoeljr jur ^>anb 3)en a^n gefpannt Unb jiele gut toenn Seute fallen, 12 9ftag aud^ bein erj bor ^reube Inalten. 141. SBantung. SBerle^e nicfyt burcf) lalten 3)en Bungling, toelc^er biirftig, fremb, Urn iilfe bittcnb, ju bit fommt @r tft btetteid(>t ein otterfofyn. bu ifyn toieber einft, fobann 2)te loria fein aupt umflammt ; 2)en ftrengen SlidE, ber btc^) berbammt, 3)ein 2luge ntct ertragen lann. Ce^te ebicfyte. 155 142. 16491793???. 2)ie Written jeigten fid) fefyr riibe Unb ungefcfyliffen al3 Siegicibe. <3djlaflo ^at onig arl toerbractyt 3n 2B&tte&aa feine lefcte 9tec$t. 33or feinem ^enfter fang ber pott llnb toarb geF)dmmert an feinem (Sdjafott. fltd^er nidjt bie granjofen h>aren. 8 $jn etnem ^tafer ^aben $)iefe >Den Subtoig Sapet gum Slid^tpla^ gefafyren ; @te ^aben i^m leine 6al6cfye be Slemtfe, 2Bie nati; ber alien 6tt!ette 12 2)er 3J?aieftdt gebii^ret ^dtte. fcfylimmer erging'S ber SJiarie Antoinette. j)enn fie befam nur eine Gfyarrette ; tatt G^ambettan unb ame b'3ltour 16 in anSfiilotte tnit ifa fui>r. 3)ie 2Bitth)e Gapet {)ob i)6^nif(^ unb f !Die bicfe t>abburgifd^e Unterlippe. ^ranjofen unb Written finb t>on to anj o^ne emiit^) ; emiit{> ^at nur 2)er 2)eutfd^e, er toirb gemiit^Iid^ bleiben @ogar im terrorifttfcfyen Xreiben. 2)er 25eutfd^e toirb bie ^Jiajeftdt 24 Se^anbeln ftet< mit einer fedjSfpannigen offaroffe, panafd^iert unb beflort bie S'loffe, 156 fjetnes (Sebicfye. odj cmf bem 33oielt bereit ben SRorgenimbtfS, Sraunen Coffee, toei^e Unb fte fcfyenft t^n felber ein, d^erjenb, lofenb, Iteblid^ lac^elnb, ^n ber gan^en g^riftenb^eit Sdc^elt toofyl fein 3Jlunb fo It ber ttmme ftcfy nur bet ben Gngeln, 5ber 12 Set ben Cc^te ebic^tc, 157 nt 144. 2af bie fyeil'gen ^arabolen, bie frommen ^^pot^efen udjie bie toerbammten gragen Dljne Ittnfdjtoeif un 311 lofen. 2Barum fcfyleppt ftd^) blutenb, elenb, Unter $reulaft ber create, SSd^renb gliidEIid^ al3 ein ieger STrabt auf fyofyem 9tof^ ber 3Boran liegt bie <5$ulb? 3ft ettoa Unfer err nid^>t ganj attmad^tig? Dber treibt er felbft ben llnfitg ? toare niebertracfytig. 2ll[o fragen lt)ir beftdnbig, Si man un3 mit einer anbboH 6rbe enblic^ fto^ft bie SRduIer Slber ift 2)a eine Slnttoort? 145. SBie langfam friedfiet fie ba^in, 2)ie 3eit r bie fdjauberfyafte 3^) aber, ganj betoegungIo Slieb ic^> fyier auf bemfelben 158 ^eincs (Sebtcfyte. 3>n meine bunlle $elle bringt ein Sonnenftrafyl, lein >offnungsf Dimmer ; 3d; toetf?, nur mit bet 8 SSertaufd}' idj bieS fatale bin id; geftorben Itingft ; 63 finb btelleic^t nur pufgeftalten S)ie ^S^antafteen, bie beg 12 3 m ^i m b en bunten Umjug mogcn too^I efpenfter fein, gottlid^en 6r' tcfy fte ntetne eele bie 5Jiufif ^olben timme mit rge^en. treit unb eiirltd^ ift if>r 33Itc!! efunb^eit nur unb elbjulage S3erlang' tdf>, ^err! D Iaf micb, frofc, inleben noc^ biel' fdjbne ^age 33et meiner 5*au im statu quo ! 147. nticb, mit gliib, enben 3 an 9 en 2af graufam fdinben mein eftcfyt, 2af mtc^) mit 9?utfyen ^eitfdf) en, ftau^en toarten, hearten laf^ mic^ nic^t ! 160 ^eines (gebtcfyte. 2af mtt !orturen atter 2lrten SBerrenfen, bredfyen mein ebein, 3)odE> Iaf micfc, nicfyt bergebenS toarten, 35enn toarten ift bie fcfylimmfte ^Bein ! 3)en ganjen 9?ad^mittag bt ed^fe geftern id^ umfonft gefyarrt Umfonft ; bu lamft nid^t, Heine 12 <5o baf id faft h)al>nfmnig toarb. 2)ie Ungebulb ^telt mtd^ umringelt 3Bie d^Iangen; jeben 2lugenblicf gut^r td^ etn^or, toenn man gefltngelt, 16 2)od famft bu nicfyt id^ f anf juriicf ! 3)u lameft nidfyt id^ rafe, fd^naube, Unb on in meine c^euer Unb jetjt foH ic^) berlajfen, toag fo t^euer, 8 @o Iteb unb tbeuer mir bie SBelt gemacfjt! S)er anb entfmft ba aitentyiel. 3 n 3erbric^t ba Ia, ba id^ fo frb'^Iid^ eben 12 2ln meine iibermiit^'gen Sippen ^reffte. ) ott! toie fyafSlirf) bitter ift ba terben! ) ott! tote fii^ unb traultcfy Icifft fid^ leben 1 6 3 n biefem traulicf> fii^en (Srbennefte! 162 )eines (Sebkfyte. 150. %fy fefy' im tunbenglafe fd&on 3)en fargen 6anb jerrinnen. 2ft ein SBeib, bu engelfitfje ^erfon ! 4 Sfttcfy reifct ber Sob toon fu'nnen. @r reifct midj au betnem ^rm, metn SBcib, S)a fyilft fein 3Biberfte^en, @t reipt bte eele au bem 2eib 8 @ie iottt bor Slngft berge^en. @r jagt fie au bem alten 2Bo fie fo gerne bliebe. @ie jittett unb flattert W 28o fott icfy fann ic^ ntd^t cinbern, twte fe^r tc^ tnid^ ftrtiub', 2Bie fe^r idp mtd9 totnbe unb irenbe ; S)er 2ftann unb ba 2Beib, bie <5eeP unb ber Seib, 16 ie miiffen ftd? trennen am Snbe. 151. %&) toar, o Samm, al^ ^irt befteUt, u fyiiten bid^ auf biefer 2BeIt; td^ mit meinem 33rot getifct, %R\t SSaffer aug bem 23orn gele^t. 2Benn fait ber 2Btnterfturm geldrmt, ab' irf> bid) an ber Sruft ertodrmt. ier fyielt ic^> feft bid^ angefdploffen ; JBenn 9tegengiiffe ftd^ ergoffen, anbe 3uriic! ben (Stab. Sefyiite bu 20 3J?ein armeg Samm, toenn irf> jur 9tu^' Seftattet bin unb bulbe nic^t, J)afg irgenbtoo ein 2)orn fie ftic^t D fcfyiitj' i^r ^Uefe toor 2)ornen^ecfen 24 .Unb auc^) toor (Siim^fen, bie beflecfen; iiberatt ju i^ren ^ii^en atterltebfte gutter f^riefjen ; llnb laf< fie frftlafen, forgenlog, 28 2Bie einft fie fc^lief in meinem <3df?of|. 152. @h)igfeit, h)ie bift bu lang, 2dnger noc^> al taufenb ^a^r* ; Xaufenb 3&fy*e brat' id^ fd^on, 2lc^ ! unb icf> bin nod^ nidjt gar. (Sh)igfeit, U>ie bift bu lang, Stinger nod) al3 taufenb 3 a ^ r ' 5 Unb ber Satan fommt am 6nb', ^rifft mid? auf mit aut unb aar. 164 )etnes (Bebidjte. 153. 9Jlittelalterlid;e ftofyeit 2Beid;t bem Stuff djitoung fdjoner unfte: ^nftrument moberner Stlbung 4 3ft borjuglid) ba>3 bte (Stfenbafmen toirfen >eilfam auf gamilienleben, internal fie un erIeidE>tern S)ie ntfernung bon ber ippfcfyaft. bebauf i^, bafg bte 25arre ii(fgratmar!g m\einigt fteb,t befsfyalb, bebor id) fterbe, 2BiH icb, eud; fromm unb briiberlid; berjeifyen. Cc^te ebicfye. 165 12 63 tmrb mir faucr ad}! mit einem ftlucfye t' id? toeit lieber eud? bermalebeten : eud? ber err berbamme itnb berberbe! 155. fommt ber ob je|t h)iH t fagen, 511 berfrfjtoeigen elmglidj 3)?etn tolj gebot: fiir bicf>, fiir bid^, @ ^>at metn erj fiir bid9 gefdf)lagen! 2)er Sarg tft fertig, fte toerfenfen in bte ruft. 3)a ^ab' id? bu, bod^ bu, SO^arte, bu, 2Birft tuetnen oft unb mein gebenfen. 2)it ringft fogar bte fdr>6nen dnbe D trofte bid? 2)a tft ba 2oo, 2)a 9)ZenfdpenIoo : toa gut unb gro^ Unb fcfyon, 3)a ntmmt ein fdIecf)te Snbe. 156. Grftorben ift in metner 53ruft ^ebtoebe toeltlicb, ettle 2uft, (Scoter tft mir aud) erftorben brin 3)er af3 be (Sd^Ied^ten, fogar ber (Sinn giir eigne unb fiir frembe 9?ot() - Unb in mir lebt nur nod? ber 166 ^eincs <5e6id?te. 3)er ^orfyang fdttt, ba (Stiicf ift au3, 8 Unb gafynenb toanbelt je|t nacf) au3 2)?ein Itebel beutfc^e^ ^Bublifum. 3)ie guten Seutd^en finb nicfyt bumm ; 35a fpetft je$t gang Dergniigt 311 5fiad^t, 12 Unb trinft fein ^o^^d^en, ftngt unb lac^t (gr fyatte S^ed^t, ber eble erog, j>er ioeilanb fprac^ tm $Buc() Romeros: 3)er fleinfte lebenbige ^ilifter 16 3 U tulfett am 9ledEar, bid gliicflidjer ift er, 211^ i$, ber $elibe, ber tobte elb, 2)et (Sd^atlenfurft in ber Unterloelt. NOTES. 067) HEINE'S LIFE. "HARRY" HEINE, bom at Dusseidorf . . . 060.13,1797. BOYHOOD AND SCHOOL 1799 1815 French influences. Uncanny associations. Hebrew faith. Lyceum education. ATTEMPTS AT BUSINESS ....... 1815 1819 Banker's clerk at Frankfort-on-the-Maine. Commission agent in Hamburg. Uniformly unsuccessful. UNIVERSITY CAREER 1819 1825 Bonn, 1819 20. W. v. Schlegel, Arndt, H. von Fallersleben, Simrock. Gottingen, 1820 21. Rusticated for attempted duel- ling. Berlin, 1821 23. Varnhagen von Ense, Chamisso, Fouque', Schleiermacher, Hegel, von der Hagen, Bopp. Jewish society, and reform movement. Gottingen, 1824 25. Tour in the Harfz mountains, 1824. Baptized into the Lutheran church as Christian Johann Heinrich, June 28, 1825. Degree of Doctor from the law faculty, July 20, 1825. YEARS OF TRAVEL 1825 1831 Norderney, 1825, 26. London, 1827. Munich, 1827. Italy, 1828. Berlin, 1829. Helgoland, 1829, 30. Arrival in Paris, May 3, 1831. SOJOURN IN PARIS 1831 1856 Married life, 1835 56. (Legally married, 1841.) Special correspondent for the Augsburg Gazette,- and contributor to various French periodicals. Proscription of the writings of "young Germany," including Heine, 1835. Pensioned by French government as a revolutionary patriot in exile. Literary and artistic acquaintances: Balzac, Hugo, Sand, Gautier, Mi- chelet, Dumas, Sainte-Beuve, de Musset, Mendelssohn, Rossini, Meyerbeer, Liszt, Chopin. Visits to Germany, 1843, 44. First touch of paralysis, 1845. Journey to the Pyrenees, 1846. Last walk, 1848. Final years of illness, 1848 56. DEATH IN PARIS . Feb. 17, 1856 (168) HEINE'S WORKS. IN PROSE. Reisebilder .... 1826 31 Die Harzreise 1826 Norderney .... 1826 27 Ideen. Das Buch Le Grand 1827 Reise v. Miinchen n. Genua 1830 Die Bader von Lucca . . 1830 Die Stadt Lucca . . . . 1831 Spatere Nachschrift . . . 1831 Englische Fragmente . . 1828 Shakspeares Madchen und Frauen r &39 Noveliistische Fragmente 183440 Memoiren des Herrn von Schnabelwopski . . . . 1834 Der Rabbi von Bacharach . 1840 Florentinische Nachte . . 1836 Uber Deutschland . 1833 54 Zur Geschichte der Religion u. Philosophic in Deutsch- land (first in French, 183435) 1835 Die romantische Schule (French 1833) .... 1836 Elementargeister (French, J835) i837 Der Doktor Faust (French and German) .... 1852 Die Cotter im Exil (French and German) .... 1853 Die Gottin Diana .... 1854 Franzosische Zustande 1831 48 Das Biirgerkonigthum im Jahr 1X32. Lutetia: Be- richte liber Politik, Kunst und Volksleben. Die parlamentarische Periode des Burgerkonigthums. Kunstberichtc aus Paris. Heinrich Heine liber Lud- wig Borne 1840 Vermischte Schriften, 1820 54 Memoiren, etc 1884 IN VERSE. Buch der Lieder (1816 26) 1827 Junge Leiden (Traumbilder, Lieder, Romanzen, So- nette) 1817 21 Lyrisches Intermezzo . 1822 23 Die Heimkehr . . . 1823 24 Aus der Harzreise .... 1824 Die Nordsee .... 1825 26 Vermischte Jugendge- dichte 1816 Ubersetzungen aus Lord Byrons Werken . . 24 1820 TragbdJen (1820 22). . . 1823 Neue Gedichte (182842) . 1844 Xeuer Friihling . . . 1828- -31 Verschiedene Romanzen 183239 183942 Deutschland. Ein Winter- marchen 1844 Atta Troll. Ein Sommer- nachtstraum . . . 1843, 47 Zeitgedichte .... 183946 Romancero (1846 51) . . 1851 Historien. Lamentationen. Lazarus. Hebraische Me- lodien. Letzte Gedichte (185355) l86 9 Nachlass-Gedichte . 1869 (169) INTRODUCTORY NOTE. THE text of these selections was originally taken from the first three volumes of the following edition as most convenient and available for general reference : Heinrich Heine's Sdmmtliche Werke. Biblio- thek-Ausgabe in 12 B&nden a i M. Hamburg. Hoffmann und Campe. 1885. This edition is essentially the same as the standard one of Heine's works published by the same firm and edited with great care and judgment by Adolf Strodtmann, the exhaustive biographer of Heine. (Heinrich Heine's Sammtliche Werke. 22 Bde. Hamburg. Hoffmann und Campe. 1876. Vols. 19 22 contain Heine's letters.) After the appearance of the editions of Karpeles (Heinrich Heine's Gesammelte Werke. Herausgegeben von Gustav Karpeles ; Kritische Gesammtausgabe. q Bde. Berlin. G. Grote. i88f 1890) and Elster (Heines samtliche Werke mit Einleitungen, Anmerkungen und Ver- zeichnissen samtlicher Lesarten. Leipzig, 1887-90, a critical edition marked by scholarly accuracy and exhaustiveness, worthy to become the standard and final one. Also, by the same editor, Heines Bitch der Lieder. Heilbronn. i88"j. Deutsche Litteraturdenkmale des 18. und rg. Jahrhunderts. No. 27.), a comparison with these publications be- came necessary ; but the text has remained practically the same which for so many years has been familiar to the readers of the poet. The arrangement of the poems is essentially the arrangement made by Heine in the complete French edition of his works. As Heine him- self observed no consistent canons of orthography, Strodtmann has Cm) 172 INTRODUCTORY NOTE. followed the conservative standard of Sanders' Worterbuch der deui- schen Sprache; and the editor of this volume has left the text un- changed. For a summary of Heine literature it is only necessary to refer to the admirable bibliography by Mr. John P. Anderson of the British Museum appended to William Sharp's life of Heine (cited later). This includes the titles of numerous essays, many interesting trans- lations and magazine articles in various languages, and contains a rich enumeration of songs of Heine which have been set to music, with the names of the composers. As supplementary to this bibliog- raphy and to other well-known bibliographical aids, one may note the summary in Goedeke's Grundriss (pp. 454 465), cited later, and the annual list of publications in the field of modern German literature appearing since 1885 in the Zeitschrift fuf-- deutsches Alterthum und deutscke Litteratur. These lists are supposed to include publications in both England and America. Particularly in the former country Heine has received much distinguished attention, and has found able and gifted translators; while in France the group of brilliant littera- teurs of which Heine as "the wittiest Frenchman since Voltaire " was an accepted member, has left many affectionate and elegant tributes to his memory. Among the various biographies of Heine, that of Strodtmann is facile princeps. (H. Heine's Leben und Werke, von Adolf Strodtmann. Zweite verbesstrte Auflage, 2 Bde. Berlin. Duncker. 1873 74' Vol. II , 436 38, bibliography of translations. Third unchanged ed.,i884.) Based chiefly on this work, and best perhaps when keeping most closely to its original, fluently and pleasantly written, with many translations from Heine's writings, Stigand's biography is next to be mentioned. (The Life, Work, and Opinions of Heinrich Heine. By William Stigand. 2 vols. London. Longmans, Green and Co. 1875.) Later than these, Proelss has published a shorter life, which may INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 173 s modify some previous views of Heine's career, especially in his earlier years. (Heinrich Heine. Sein Lebensgang ttnd seine Schriften nach den neuesten Quellen dargestellt von Robert Proelss. Stuttgart. Rieger. 1886.) The two lives by Dr. Buchheim, not entirely identical, must also be included; the former, one of the best condensed accounts in English which we have. (Life of Heine. With a mention of various biographical sources. Pp. XIII XLII of C. A. Buchheim's Heine's Prosa. Clarendon Press Series. Oxford. 1884. Also, in Vol. I. of the edition of Karpeles cited above, pp. VII LX : Biographische Einleitung von C. A. Buchheim.') And finally, the encouraging biography by William Sharp. (Life of Heinrich Heine. " Great Writers" Series. London, New York, and Toronto. 1888.) Among the recent sources for a knowledge of Heine's life may be mentioned the following : Erinnerungen an Heinrich Heine von seiner Nichte Maria Embden-Heine, Principessa della Rocca. Ham- burg. Hoffmann und Campe. 1881. Skizzen iiber Heinrich Heine. Von seiner Nichte Fiirstin della Rocca. Wien, Pest, Leipzig. Hart- leben. 1882. Both works contain much that is interesting in the way of random personal family reminiscences and anecdotes, detailed with a light and not too judicial touch. Camille Selden. Les der- niers jours de Henri Heine. Paris. Levy. 1884. With this me- morial by a friend of Heine's last days, well-known as " La Mouche," may be compared the essay on the same subject by Lord Houghton in his Monographs. London, 1873. Heinrich Heine's Memoiren und neugesammelte Gedichte. Prosa und Brief e. Mit Einleitung heraus- gegeben von Ed. Engel. Hamburg. Hoffmann und Campe. 1884. A fragmentary but attractive account of Heine's earlier youth. Heinrich Heine's Autobiographie. Nach seinen IVerken, Briefen und Gesprdchen. Herausgegeben von Gtistav Karpeles. Berlin. Oppen- heim. 1888. The plan of this work is as commendable as its execu- tion is satisfactory and entertaining ; for Heine, who seemed scarcely 174 INTRODUCTORY NOTE. capable of writing a dull page, except perhaps in his letters, is here allowed to tell his own story in both prose and verse. K. Hessel's Dichtungen -von H. Heine, ausgew'dhlt und erl'dutert, Bonn, 1887, contains many careful elucidations. The index includes a list of the musical renderings of Heine's poems, with an enumera- tion of the principal composers. The period of Heine's activity lies somewhat outside the field of the great German literary histories, but his genius has received ample recognition at the hands of his countrymen. Of this recognition Strodtmann's pages give sufficient witness. A few additional critiques, sometimes not altogether friendly, may also be cited. Julian Schmidt, the shrewdest literary critic of Germany, afforded a pithy and penetrating review of Heine in his Geschichte der deutschen Literatur sett Lessings Tod (III: 37. Leipzig, 1858, with later revisions), concluding with the epigrammatic judgment : " Er ist der Erste seiner Gattung; mochte er auch der Letzte sein ! " Joseph Hillebrand's Deutsche Nationalliteratur im XVIII. und XIX. Jahr- hundert (Gotha, 1875, III: 311, etc.) contains a deliberate and cool estimate of Heine's career. Rudolf Gottschall, the well known dramatist and dramatic critic, in his Deutsche Nationalliteratur des iq. Jahrhunderts (4. Auflage, Breslau, 1875, H 62 83; 5th edition in 1881), reviews Heine's works generously but not without discrimi- nation, touching off happily their contradictory characteristics with many an ingenious apothegm. Karl Goedeke, an earnest patriot, and one of the wisest and most learned of German literary historians, whose words are worthy of serious consideration, in his Grundriss zur Geschichte der deutschen Dichtung (Dresden, 1881, III: 453) has discussed and dismissed Heine with weighty condemnation. Finally, Scherer's summary of Heine (Geschichte der deutschen Litteratur, Berlin, 1883, p. 661, etc.), dwelling on his kinship to Brentano, is descriptive rather than critical. INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 175 Among the various essays on Heine, the succession of auicles published in the Revue des deux Mondes during half a century from 1834 to 1884, beginning almost simultaneously with Heine's own publications in French in that periodical, sufficiently attests the enduring interest felt in the exiled poet by his literary associates in France. Of these essays, the series by Gerard de Nerval (July 15, Sept. 15, 1848), the gifted translator of Goethe's Faust, containing many renderings of Heine's earlier poems, and the more recent reminiscent review by fimile Montegut (May 15, 1884) are to be distinguished. A notable article by George Eliot was printed in the Westminster Review for 1856 (Vol. 9, pp. i 33; appearing after- wards in her Essays, 3d edition, Edinburgh and London, 1884) under the caption, "German Wit." Charles Grant offers a careful and thoroughly appreciative study of Heine in the Contemporary Review (Sept., 1880), not overlooking the poet's relations to politics. Those who care for a defense of Heine will find a warm plea by Lady Magnus in Macmillan's Magazine for 1883. (Vol. 47, pp. 59 66, reprinted in " Jewish Portraits," Boston, 1889). The article by Matthew Arnold in the Cornhill Magazine for 1863 O^ol. 8, pp. 233 249, published later in his Essays in Criticism), is perhaps the best known as well as the most suggestive, if not most convincing essay in English on Heine. Some readers would not agree with Mr. Arnold regarding the importance which he ascribes to Heine as a figure in modern European literature, and the quality of his in- fluence. (Compare also Dr. Hedge in his Hours with German Classics, Boston, 1887, p. 502, and Karl Hillebrand in his German Thought, New York, 1880, pp. 272275.) A readable chapter on Heine may be found in Hosmer's Short History of German Literature (St. Louis, 1879, ar> d '" later editions). Among the many translations of Heine's poems the following may be mentioned (Poems selected from Heinrich Heine. By Kate Frei- 176 INTRODUCTORY NOTE. ligrath-Kroeker. London, 1887), as representing an excellent prin- ciple of selection, which H. D. Wireman, for instance, had already observed in his edition of Schiller's poems. The series is not by one hand, but the editor has endeavored to present the most satisfactory rendering of each poem. The little volume accordingly embodies the efforts of many different writers, including the best known trans- lators of Heine. No formal and detailed commentary on Heine's poems has yet appeared, but the materials are scattered trsrough the various editions of his writings, his correspondence, the biographies and reviews, and a variety of personal literature in the way of fragmentary memoirs, private reminiscences, and other miscellaneous sources, to which reference will occasionally be made. The attention of special students of Heine is invited to the collo- cation in the appendix of various linguistic, syntactic, and metrical characteristics of his poems, which have been there gathered into one group, instead of being spread through the commentary. Bud? bcr Ct THE Buck der Lieder was published as a whole in 1827 after various portions had appeared at intervals during the preceding decade. The poems contained in this work have become, to use Heine's own expression, eine Art Volkslieder der neueren Gesellschaft. These were his first efforts, composed in those younger years " when the earliest kisses of the German muse burned into his soul. Alas," he continues in his favorite serio-comic strain, "the kisses of this good lass have since then lost much of their glow and freshness. During such a long connection the fervor of the honey-moon must by degrees exhale ; but their tenderness often became the more fond, especially in evil days, when she preserved for me her whole love and loyalty, this German muse! She consoled me in tribulations at home, she followed me into exile, she cheered me in grievous hours of despair, left me never in the lurch, even in financial straits she was able to aid ine, this German muse, the good lass ! " These earlier poems, as well as all of Heine's verse, betray an intense subjectivity. It is not always wise, it is often useless to endeavor to lift the veil of impersonality surrounding a poet's fancies. When the poem embodies a general truth, the personal experience of the writer is immaterial. But in the Buck der Lieder the theme is so constant amid the numerous variations that one feels impelled to make at least a passing inquiry into the heart-experiences inspiring the poet. Heine's youthful disappointment in love, whether his (177) 178 NOTES. grief were actually and permanently all-absorbing or not, is the key- note of many of these melancholy stanzas, and lends a motive to his two tragedies in verse, Almansor and Ratcliff. Direct allusions to this thwarted attachment are found, among others, in 4, 31, 36, 48, 89 and 1 55 of this edition. The maiden who inspired these lamenta- tions was his cousin Amalia, daughter of Solomon Heine. The details of the relation are obscure, but the reality of the poet's devotion is undoubted; although his cousin in her unconsciousness may not rightly be charged with the perfidy of her fair and fickle counterpart, nor with the responsibility for Heine's assumed despair. When a poet, too, as Hawthorne somewhat cynically observes, " gets into the habit of using his heartstrings to make chords for his lyre, he may thrum upon them as much as he will, without any very great pain to himself.'" Nor did Heine in the manner of his consolations bear witness to a noble affection which was to lift him to a higher level and preserve his life from the contamination of vulgar passion. In the " Lyrisches Intermezzo," as the motto reveals, is contained the record of his love. SReine Cual uub meine jtlagen SQdb' i in bieS S3utC (frtt) tirtung. This title, and a few that follow, ap- peared only in the earlier editions of the poems. No. 2, 1. 10 : $>te 0rett, the Hours (Horcz). Cp. Tennyson's Tithonus ; " But thy strong Hours indignant work'd their wills." No. 3, 1. 7 : fptttct CUrf), be speedy. No. 4, 1. 3: tttbt, i. e. Hamburg. No. 9, 1. 17: SBoS fdjert mid) 28etb, etc. This stanza is an echo of the Percy ballad Edward, which Herder had translated. (See Archiv fur Litteraturgeschichte, XL, 320; Hessel, 333.) No. 10: Cp. Daniel, Chap. V., and the brilliant paraphrase in the first chapter of Crawford's Zoroaster. A similar theme occurs in Uhland's Gliick von Edenhall, translated by Longfellow. No. 11: Cp. Valentine's opening soliloquy in Faust. No. 12 : addressed to Caroline Stern, prima donna of the theatre at Diisseldorf, and a friend of Heine's family. 1. 15: JKon,^t^t)tlI or Roncesvalles, the pass in the Pyrenees where .Roland, a paladin of Charlemagne, was slain through Ganelon's treachery. In the legend the dying echoes of his horn reached Charlemagne in France. Cp. Scott's Marmion, VI. ; 33 : " O for a blast of that dread horn, On Fontarabian echoes borne, That to King Charles did come ! " (180) NOTES. 181 In his Florentinische Ncichte Heine has described a similar effect produced by Paganini's violin playing. No&. 13 14: Heine's considerate devotion to his mother was one of his brightest traits. No. 15, addressed to Christian Sethe (17981857) a friend of Heine's youth and manhood too. K. 92.) 1. 9: StcOcitfurficn (fteben for alliteration ?) any indefinite number of things, trifles. No. 16, 1. 14 : VltntpCtt, to borrow. Cp. English slang, " to put up the spout ; " " to take on tick." NOB. 21 23 originally bore the common title : Die VermiihUe. No. 21, 1. i : 28eUcnfd)flUmge6oreite, i. e. Aphrodite or Venus, as born from the foam of the sea. No. 25 included originally a fourth stanza : ,,as Sdjlimmfte, bu laubenSnoQe, Za$ Summfte, bu glSubtgeS Jtinb, a3 War bte Siebe, bie tolle, Tie toll mid) tnadjte unb blinb." No. 30. This poem of lovers sorrowing apart has received at least 77 different musical settings. No. 79" has received 85; and No. 50 has received 167 ! In musical popularity Heine far outranks all other German poets. (See Elson's History of German Song, Boston, 1888, p. 143; and HesseFs index.) French translations in S. II., 435. No. 31. Heine's personal history. See introduction, and S. I., 48. No. 32. A song of a land of the leal only, like Schiller's Sehn- sucht and Pilgrim. Cp. H. 314, for similar fancies in other writers. No. 34. The Volkslieder contain many songs of parting, with an undertone of regret. E. g. 2>a9 9Ml)[cnrnb ift brodjen, Xte ieb b,at nod) fein Cnb'. Unb toann jroei fiiebdjen fdjeiben, djeiben, fd)eiben, So gebett fie fid) bie Jginnb'. 182 NOTES. $08 erj ift afljeit 2rauren ooQ, SBann ftcb, ieb oon ieb fdjeiben fott. Siebcben, abe ! Sdjeiben tljut metj ! SBetn' ni(6. t bie iiuglein rotlj, Zrennt unS ja felbfl tetn ob. 2ieb$en, abe ! djeiben tb,ut toef) ! No. 35. In the middle ages suicides were buried at the crossroads, which were supposed to be haunted by evil spirits. Hence the flower SSegerDart (cichorium intubus), a common wayside growth, received the name 'Jlrmcfunbcrblumc. It is also the legendary flower of un- happy love. Into it was once transformed a deserted maid. (H. 315.) No. 37 is not a legend of long ago, but dates from a ballad of Clemens Brentano in 1802. The same subject was then treated by other poets, until finally Heine entered into their various labors and with a touch of true genius gave to the tale its imperishable form. (Details in S. I., 362, 6967.) . A charming rendering in Scotch dialect is found in Macmillan's Magazine. May 1872, p. 24: " I canna tell what has come ower me That I am sae eerie and wae ; An auld-warld tale comes before me, It haunts me by nicht and by day. From the cool lift the gloamiir draps dimmer, And the Rhine slips saftly by; The taps o' the mountains shimmer I' the lowe o' the sunset sky." etc., etc. No. 40 was addressed to Lady Duff Gordon as a child of eleven at Cuxhaven. NOTES. 183 No. 41, 1. 9 : u ^Oppdgfingcr, them phantom of myself. One who can supposedly appear in two places simultaneously. (Grimm.) Used of those who see themselves. " Alter ego," wraith, double. No. 46 was addressed to his sister Charlotte. (S. I., 22 for details of Heine's childhood.) No. 48, 1. 16: fccn fterbenfccit ftcdjter, the dying gladiator. No. 52, 1. 7: Cp. Paul Fleming's An die Schonste: ,,D onne ber 2Bonne ! D SBonne ber Sonne ! D S^Bnfte ber djonen, SBenimnt mir ba efjnen !" No. 53. A skit at Hegel. Cp. J. Schmidt, III., 18 and Hille- brand's German Thought, p. 265. No. 54. On imitations of Goethe in this poem see Goethe-Jahr- buch, V., 329 30. No. 55. Kevlaar, int ($Jctlcrnfd)Cn (fireife), in Rhenish Prussia. 1. 50 : iiiillcn = iiiilu. Cologne contained, before the Revolution, about 200 consecrated structures. No. 56. Compare this poem with the Swiss Berglied of Usteri (17631827) : ,,Uf fflergert, uf SJergen, Uf SBerge, ba tfd^ me 35a if(^' eim fo rooljl ! 3m Ijtmmlifdje SR^<^, '@ tBnt b' obe fo liebli, )a ftnb no bie SWenfae Unb b'unne fo Ijoljl ! Unb TOenf^e ft glp^: Srum teine, brum feini flei feibeni Strflmpfli, 3m Zljal unne blp6 f , flei moroquin Sd)uf) 33e Serg ift be Softer 3Jle grilejti be G^aijer ^ftir eel unb fiir Sijb. Uf u unb uf >u." No. 57 is introduced in the Ilarzreise by the following passage : ,,3)er 2Beg imdj .uiaustijal fii^rte mid^ toieber bergauf, unb uou einer ber erften $ob,en fc^aute ic^ normals Ijinab in ba SJ)al, roo Dfterobe mit fetnen 184 NOTES. rotten 2)dd)evn au ben griinen Zannenroalbern Ijeroorgucft roie eine en ; bie roeifjen SBirlen beroegen ftd; tanten^aft pergmigt, unb bod; jugleidj angftltdi iiber bie geroagten priinge; ber ftolje id)baum fd;aut brein roie ein nerbriefjltdier D^eim, ber baS fd)Bne Sffietter beja^Ien foil; bie SBoglein in ben Siiften jubeln ib.ren Sets fad, bie Slumen am lifer fliiftern jartlid) : D, nimm unS mit, nimm un mit, tteb' d)roefterd)en ! aber ba lufttge aJJabd^en fpringt unaufljaltfam meiter, unb ploglid; ergreift fie ben traumenben Std)ter, unb e ftromt auf mid) ^erab ein SBlumenregen oon flingenben tra^len unb ftraB,lenben illangen, unb bie inne oergeljen mir oor tauter ,JjerrIid)leit, unb id; pre nur nod) bie flotenfiifce Stimme:" The poem is translated in the N. A. Review, July 1849 (P- 2 4 2 ). where Heine is described (p. 222) as dead in 1848 1 NOTES. 185 Nos. 59, etc. On Heine's genuine love of the sea and his intro- duction of this subject into German song note S. I., 414, 452, 464, and Stigand I., 250. Heine writes to Simrock : ,,Ob bu ^3nblifutn an ben ,,7{ovbiee*33ilberu" cfdjmocf ftnben ttjerbe, tfl fehr bitbioS. Un* fere gerobhitUdjcn iifenjaffer^efer fanu fdjon ollctn ba ungeroohnt fd)aufclnbe 2JZetrum eintgermafjen feefranf madjen." No. 60, 1. 8 24 : in the Odyssey, Bk. VII., Ulysses is received as a mournful shipwrecked guest at the court of Alcinous. Bks. IX XII contain the narrative of his varied adventures, in the cave of the Cyclops Polyphemus, among the gloomy Cimmerians, and on the islands of the Goddess-nymphs Circe and Calypso. 1. 50 : Amphi- trite, spouse of Poseidon or Neptune, and one of the fifty daughters of the sea-god Nereus. No. 61, 1. 3: tin WOgcnbcn (yefdjmeibe, amid the jewelled billows. Cp. " H. H.'s " sea poem entitled Spoken. No. 62. Heine mentions a sunken city in his beautiful marine sketch Norderncy. As to the anti-climax in the last lines, Long- fellow's description of Richter {Hyperion, Chap. 5) would well apply to Heine. Note also S. I., 519. No. 63. The motto ,,fya'latta, S^tt'latta," (the Sea, the Sea!) was the cry raised by the soldiers of Xenophon during the famous retreat of the ten thousand Greeks from Babylon to the Euxine or Black Sea, on gaining the coast. 1. 51 : i. e., the epistolary scrawls of Heine's German tormentors. No. 64. Cp. No. 144. Note S. II., 380. 1. 8: hieroglyphics were traced on the caps of the Egyptian priests. 1. 9- the SSftfCtt was the medieval covering for the head, still used by ecclesiastics and judges. (Hellinghaus.) No. 65, 1. 8: Father Lot. 1. 43, etc., humorous enumeration of the petty conditions prevailing in the fatherland, the conceited nobility, and the dilatory diets, dallying about ignoble trifles. 186 NOTES. No. 67. A vague youthful lament for the " good old days " which had vanished. Significant of the reaction of discontent after the war of liberation. 1. 21 : 2JJutterfohniI)en (depreciating diminutive), de- generate scions, milksops. So in 1. 35 : petty despot. No. 70 was published in 1821. The Goethe monument has a history akin to that of the Washington monument and other similar structures on both sides of the water. Planned in 1819, it was not finally completed until 1844. 1. 14: Soit)fcul)aufer, a native of ochjeiihaufen, a suburb of Frankfort, across the Maine. No. 74. On Heine in Berlin, note J. Rodenberg, Deutsche Rund schau, Jan., 1888, p. 96; June, 1888, p. 388. 1. i : Hitter ben is the name of the principal promenade of Berlin. ZTeue (Sebicfyte, geitgebtcfyte, Cttta Croll, Uber Deutfcfylanb. The Neue Gedichte appeared at various intervals between 1828 and 1844. In the songs of the Neuer Fruhling(i%2& 31), which introduce them, the fragrance of a renewed springtime of ardor is pervasive. The old attachment, as the motto hints, is faint and fading, and the poet's muse begins to betray a pensive cheerfulness. It is of such poems of Heine's as these that George Eliot wrote: " His songs are all music and feeling they are like birds that not only enchant us with their delicious notes, but nestle against us with their soft breasts, and make us feel the agitated beating of their hearts." Meanwhile Heine was passing through the exciting events of the revolutionary years 1830 31, and eager to bask in the glow of the newly risen sun of liberty, had hastened to Paris, which was to remain his permanent abode. In his subsequent writings, both in prose and verse, much space is devoted to the politics of Europe. [Illustrations of this interest may be found in Nos. 92, 93, 95 102, 104 114, 117, 131, 139, 142.] But Heine, if patriotic in purpose, was no fervent political reformer ; for in him was too much of the stuff of which the poet and artist is fashioned. He viewed the questions of the time from the standpoint of a caustic and irresponsible literator rather than of the practical agitator, and while championing freedom of thought and freedom of social action, shrank from the coarse reality of ways and means. And although he hated the arrogance of the (187) 188 NOTES. nobility and writhed inexpressibly under the knife of the censor, he scorned the common herd, he could admire Napoleon, and was ready to enjoy his pensioned ease in a liberal and limited monarchy. Heine's relations to the movement represented by the so-called Romantic School were marked by a similar inconsistent independ- ence. He was at one with them in their earlier crusade in favor of. old German literature and mythology, in their love of the weird and wonderful, in their devotion to that sense of the national dignity and life which they deemed to be best fed from medieval sources. The " volksthumlich-germanisch-christlich-romantische Schule" including the " neudeutsch-religios-patriotische Kunst" represented a reaction against the drift of eighteenth-century classicism and rationalism, and finally, as Ruge says,* " with the weapons forged by the age of enlightenment, combated enlightenment itself, in the domains of science, art, morality, and politics." But Heine did not follow Fr. Schlegel and Werner into the bosom of the Catholic church, nor the later extreme radicals in their wild republicanism. His so-called conversion to evangelical Protestantism indeed was merely, as he himself acknowledged, an unhappy error of judgment. However much in his peculiar way, to state his own claim, he may have re- mained a Romanticist at heart, yet in the Romantic parody of Atta Troll, ein Sommernachtstraum, he derides, as a "Romantique def ro- gue" the poetic extravagances of the school and sings its humorous dirge. Witness these stanzas from the concluding canto : 3a, mein greuitb, e ftnb bie fllange ?luS ber langft uerfdjoHnen Zraumjeit ; 9htr ba oft moberne Stiller auleln burrf) ben alten (Srunbton. * Quoted by Hillebrand in his German Thought, p. 264 (Holt & Co., N. Y., 1880). Cp. pp. 228 263 on the Romantic School, a subject to be treated more ap- propriately in connection with Heine's prose essay on that subject. NOTES. 189 H$, e3 ift oieUeidjt ba3 lefcte ftreie SSJalblieb ber SRomantif! 3n beS ZageS SBranbi unb Sdjlaajttartn 2Birb e fiimmerli$ oer^atten. Slnbre 3eiten, anbre Sogel! SHttbre SSogel, anbre fiieber! 2Bela) ein ctynattern, roie oon SSnfen, ie ba Aapitol gerettet ! ein 3n>itfc^ern ! ba5 fxnb 5pfennigslic^tc^en in ben flraHen; ie gebarben ftc^ wie 3ooi8 SIbler mit bent ToitnerfeH. tHnbre 3eiten, onbre SSSgel! ?lnbre SSBgel, anbre Cieber! @ie geftelen mir oietleit^t, 2Benn id) anbre Dtjren ^a'tte ! As a. pendant to Atta Troll appeared in 1844 Uber Deutschland, ein Winterm'archen, a serio-comic political satire, describing Heine's semi-sentimental journey to Hamburg in 1843. Snatches of this narrative are given in Nos. 104 114. It is a rollicking and witty tale, with an uneasy hurrying movement, abounding in light touch- and-go comment on places and persons, on German national peculi- arities, on politics Prussian and anti-Prussian, and embracing imaginary interviews with Frederick Barbarossa and the Goddess Hammonia which alone would justify one in applying to Heine, if not the tills of modern scion of Aristophanes which he craved, at all events the epithet of poetic incroyable. The final powerful stanzas addressed to Frederick William IV. contain a daring warning to all potentates to shun the punishment of flaming song dealt by the poet's scroll. 190 NOTES. D flBnig ! 3$ nteine e3 gut tnit bir, Unfa nnli einen 9(atl; bir geben : S)ie tobten $>id)ter, oereljre fte nur, >0(I) fdjone, bie ba leben. Seleib'ge lebenbige Stater nid)t, <5ie Jjaben glammen tinb SJBaffen, S)ie fur^tbarer finb al SooiS S3li^, 3)en ja ber 5}Joet erfc^affen. SSeleib'ge bie otter, bie alien itnb neu'n, 2>e gonjen DIgmpS elid^ter, Unb ben pc^ften S 6 ^ " ^ obenbrein SBeleib'ge nur nic^t ben SDidbter! 2)ie otter beftrafen fretlie^ feb,r b,art 2>e 3Kenf^en TOifiet^aten, )a ^oKenfeuer ift jiemlic^ ^eift, 2)ort muf? man fd)moren unb braten Sod) eilige giebt e3, bie au ber tut^ SoSbeten ben unber ; burc^ Spenben 2ln flird)en unb Seelenmeffen toirb rtuorben ein ^o^eS SBerroenben. Unb am Enbe ber Sage fommt G^riftuS Unb bric^t bie ^forfeit ber ^otte ; Unb b,SIt er aud^ ein ftrenge erid)t, roirb mandjer SefeUe. S)oc^ giebt eS pollen, anS beren ^aft Unmogtid) jebe SBefreiung; ^ier ^ilft tetn Seten, o^nmSc^tig ift b,ier S)e3 SCBelterlBferS SSerjeifwng. Aennft bu bie .s>ulio be Tante nicbt, I)ie fd)rectlid)en Sersetten? 2Ben ba ber S)id)ter bjneingefperrt, Sen lann lein ott meb,r retten NOTES. 191 ftein ott, (ein &eilanb ertbft tljn jc 9lu8 biefen fmgenben ^flammen! Olimm bid) in 9ld)t, bafS wic bid) nidjt 3u jolijer BUe oerbatnmen ! No. 77, 1. i2 : cp. the rendering of Emily Pfeiffer : " Like a virgin heart, the forest Breaks with too full blossoming." No. 78. H. Hiiffer (Aus dent Leben Heinrich Heine's. Berlin, 1878, p. 153, etc.) cites the original form of this poem in evidence of Heine's well-known care in polishing off his verses. (Quoted also in K. I., XLIV.) Cp. note to No. 109. Karl Hillebrand, to whom Heine dictated the whole of the Romancero, gives similar evidence. (Hiiffer, p. 160.) Sometimes even a studied negligence in style was affected. 1. 2 ran originally: Site Hebe rb ift griin. 1.6: SBoIjl in ber laubigen $bf)'. 1. 8 : 2Bo(jl in bent n>eid)en filee. The third stanza was contracted from the two following : 3d) ftfce mit metnem flummer. 3$ benl an metne <5$bne 3m ijoljen gritnen ra. 34 i 16 "' '^ > De 'B "i^ 1 ma ^- 2)o tommt ein fanfter djlummer, 65 rinnt gar mandje S^rane 3d) traum id) roeifj nid)t a. ^inunter in ba3 ra3. No. 79. Cp. No. 30. Hiiffer (p. 164) has an interesting chapter on Heine's utterances upon the musical renditions of his poems. No. 82. Hessel thinks that line 7 is to be taken seriously, (?) as referring to the favorite color of the Romantic School, e. g., the blaue flume of Novalis, etc. No. 85. The same situation is amplified in Schiller's Erwartung. No. 89. Heine said of this poem : ,,ie 9?ntiidicf)feit ift bier bi jur $arifatur gefteigert, ba fiib,!' irf),~ e roav ciu SBerfud), 3ob,rjahten 192 NOTES. unb 3)o turn im ebidjte einsufiihren." But Heine did not go to the University until 1819. No. 91. On Byron compare Goethe's beautiful dirge for Byron in the Helena, Faust, Pt. II. After Byron's, death in 1824 Heine wrote to a friend : ,,S)er XobeSfalt 33t)ron hat mid) fehv beroegt. 6 roar ber cinjige 2fteni"d), mtt bent id) mid) beuroanbt fiibltc, unb roir mogen \\vA u>ot){ in mandjen S)ingen geglidjen fyaben." And again : ,,er 2obe8 fall meineS SSettevg gu IRiffolungbi bat mid) ttef betritbt." From certain kindred traits Heine was sometimes hailed as a follower of Byron, if not his successor. Translations of passages from Manfred and Childe Harold are found among Heine's works. Byron's body was borne back from Greece to England. No. 92. Heine's writings are full of scoffs at the Philistinism of Hamburg. Pomerania, too, he derides as out of the world. No. 93, 1. 13: graucn^tmmer was formerly used as a collective plural. 1. 26 : The inhabitants of Schilda (in Saxony) had the same reputation for foolish simplicity as the Thracian Abderians or the wise men of Gotham. No. 94. An unwelcome meeting (it would only be "diamond cut diamond "), of kindred water-sprites, bound on the same seductive errand of enticing mankind to ultimate destruction. 1. 10 : !J?crfcn= IUJC, nixy- or waterlily. No. 96 (1842). To Franz Dingelstedt, author and afterwards theatre manager. His Lieder eittes kosmopolitischen Nachtw'dchters appeared in 1841, stamping him at that time as a member of the party of "progress." Heine's half mocking greeting betrays his distrust of the newly-risen school of political poetry which seemed to him to combine vague and barren pathos with a fruitless enthusiasm. (See Heine's preface to Atta Troll.} 1. 13: the Cologne Cathedral was really completed by the aid of the Hohenzollerns, but not until 1880. 1. 16: King Ludwig I. of Bavaria of the house of Wittels- NOTES. 193 bach gave five splendid stained-glass windows. 1. 17: when Fred. William IV. of Prussia came to the throne in 1840, illusive hopes had been exited that he might establish a truly liberal consti- tution. 1. 20: i. e. irrecoverable or irredeemable. 1. 31: the whole stock of Heine's publishers had just been tabooed in Prussia on account of Dingelstedt's poems. No. 97. Written in the album of Hans Christian Andersen while he was visiting Heine in 1843. A picture of Heine's own course. No. 98, 1. 6: SBertljer, the love-sick and inactive swain of Goethe's novel of the same name, enamoured of Lotte, another's bride. No. 99, 1. 21 : i. e., the princes who were members of the German Confederation. The number varied slightly between 1815 and 1866. No. 100, 1. II : frfjlfigt nmtt>eItt)Ctcf)e, beats as limp or weak as a rag, i. e., into a jelly. 1. 13 : (Siegfttcb, the hero of the Nibelungen- lied, but here depicted according to the earlier legend which Wagner, for instance, follows in his Nibelungenring. The poem seems prophetic of the restoration of the empire in 1871. No. 101 forms a prelude to Xeutfrf)lanb (Nos. 104114). No. 102. The occasion of the poem was the great distress among Silesian weavers in 1844, which led finally to an insurrection. (K. 382.) No. 104114. $eutfrf)lcmb. @in SBtntermardjett. In an eloquent passage of the preface to this poem, dated at Hamburg, Sept. 17, 1844, Heine replies as follows to the anticipated cries of his critics, vindicating his own attitude of cosmopolitan patriotism. 2>t mefjr eine mtifjige ober lnecf)tifce gpteletei ftnb. 93flan}t bie fc&.ti>arjsrott)=8olbne ^a&ne auf bte &Bfe beS beutfdjen SebanlenS, tna$t fie iur Stanbarte bed freien 3Renf$ent^um3, unb \i> will ntein beftes .^ersblut fiir fte 194 NOTES. b,ingeben. S3erub,igt eud), id) liebe ba3 Saterlanb eBen fo feljr, roie ifir. 3Begen biefer Siebe b,abe id) breije^n SebenSjafjre im rile oerlebt, unb roegen eben biefet Siebe leljre id) roieber juriicf in @jtl, otelleidjt fiir itnmer. 3d) bin ber greunb ber granjofen, rote id) ber greunb aller SUienfdjen bin, roenn fte oerntinftig unb gut ftnb, unb roeil id) felber nidjt fo buntm ober fo fd)led>t bin, al bafil ia> roiinfdjen fotlte, bafs meine SDeutfdjen unb bie granjofen, bie beiben auerroaljlten SSBIler ber ^umanitat, fid) bie Slfe bradjen 5um SSeften Don nglanb unb 3iuf lanb unb jur @d)abenfreube alter Jjunfer unb ^faffen biefe rbbattS. Seib ru^ig, id) roerbe ben 9tt>ein nimmernteb^r ben granjofen abtreten, fdjon au bent ganj etnfod)en runbe : toeil mir ber SRfjetn geb^ort. Qa, mir ge^Brt er, burd) unoerauf3erlid)e eburtred)t, id) bin be freien SR^etneS nod) roeit freierer o^n, an feinent lifer ftanb tneine SEBiege, unb id) feJ>e gar nid)t ein, roarunt ber SR^etn irgenb etnem Slnbern gepren foU, al ben anbe3ltnbern. (faf unb otb,ringen fann id) freilid) bent beutfd)en SReid)e nid)t fo leid)t einoerleiben, roie iljr e tb^ut, benn bie fieute in jenen Sanben b^angen feft an granlreid) roegen ber 9Jea)te, bie fie burd) bit fran}6ftfd)e taatSumroatjung geroonnen, roegen jener letcpettS. gefe^e unb freien ^nftitutionen, bie bent bttrgerlidien emiit^e feb^r angenefjtn ftnb, aber bent SKagen ber grofjen TOenge bennod) SBieleS ju rounfd)en iibrig laffen. Snbeffen, bie Ifaffer unb 2otb,ringer roerben fid) roieber an 35eutfd)lanb an* fd)Iiefjen, roenn roir a oollenben, roa bie gransofen begonnen taben, roenn roir biefe uberfliigeln in ber Ijat, roie roir eS fd)on getb^an int ebanten, roenn roir un bi ju ben lefcten ^olgerungen beSfelben emporfd)roingen, roenn roir bie Sienft* barleit bi in iljrem le^ten Sdjlupfwinlet, bent intntel, jerftBren, roenn roir ben ott, ber auf rben int 3Jlenfd)en roob,nt, au feiner rniebrigung retten, roenn roir ba arme, glttcfenterbte SBoll unb ben oerb,Bb,nten eniu unb bie gefd)Snbete @d)onb,eit roieber in ifyre SBUrbe einfe^en, roie unfere grofjen SKeifter gefagt unb gefungen, unb roie roir e rooHen, roir, bie ^ungc^ SB, nid)t blof} IfafS unb Sotb.ringen, fonbern ganj granlreid) roirb un oUbann jufaHen, ganj uropa, bie ganje SBelt bie ganje 2Belt roirb beutfd) rocrbcn ! Son biefer Senbung unb Unioerfalb,errfd)ift S)eutfd)lanb trdume id) oft, roenn id) unter tdjen roanble. S)ao ift nt c t n ^atrtotisntus. No. 104, 1. 19: ,,eibf(f)mide, Heine 3trt on c^afen uorgiigUct) in ber i'iinebnrger etbe." (Grimm.) 1. 29: SJlcitt SBcift; Heine's letters in his absence to his wife, the " lamb " whom he had left among the " wolves of Paris," present an amusing mixture of affec- tionate raillery and jealous fears. Cp. note to No. 135. NOTES. 195 No. 105, 1. 26 : (yinpOpeta, lullaby. (A nonsensical refrain in German nursery songs.) Instead of the doctrine of renunciation Heine proclaims here a new gospel of joy on earth for poor as well as rich. 1. 61 : ^podjjeitStarmeu (Latin carmen), wedding-song. No. 106, 1. 3: Touontcrd (French) = ^ottbcamten, custom-house- officers. 1. 4: mfitieret = imterfitcht. 1. n : &otttrebanbe = 33erbot= ttjaarc. 1. 13 (and 15): Spiljcu, points (lace), and points (pointed sayings). 1. 16: ftidjclll Uttfc fycdjellt, to prick (sew or stitch) and "hatchel" (cp. to "comb down"). Cp. the phrases: mtkfpitjert 9teben tierhobnen and tidjelreben fiibren, i. e., to taunt and jeer. The whole passage is an elaborate pun. 1. 28 : .S;> off m a mi ttoit gfaUerglebcn (1798 1875), professor, poet and patriot, deposed from his professorship in Breslau at this time (1843) f r his political views and utterances. 1. 32 : ToiiaHCltfettc, chain of custom- houses. The Customs' Union (initiated in 1828) of 1834, instituted chiefly through the efforts of Prussia, by which duties were abolished between the different members of the Union but maintained along the foreign boundaries, advanced materially the movement toward German unity. No. 107, 1. 4 : Sdtrl Waljcr (or, in Latin, Carolus Major ! ), one of the Suabian school of minor poets, at which Heine periodically jeered. (See Heine's essay, Der Schwabenspiegel, for amusing illus- trations.) 1. 8: gtttff crt, i. e. Stuttgart. Cp. No. 156, 1. 16. - 1. 19: from the Lied der schwarzen Jager, by Th. Korner (1791 1813), poet, hero and martyr, whose lyre and sword were both active in the War of Liberation : ,,9lo< trauren tuir im fc^toarjen 9td($erlleibe Unt ben geftorbnen TOutlj ; S)od) fragt man eudj, n>a biefeS 9lot bebeute: a beutet ftranlenblut." 1. 21 : Note Motley's Letters (1889, I., 7071) giving a similar im- pression of Prussian routine in 1841. 1. 27 : ben Storf, often wielded 196 NOTES. with great effect by the founder himself of the Prussian army, Frederick William I. A soldier-song runs thus : ,,Unb ttjut man auf $arabe nur etnen fallen Xritt, o fommt ber Jlbjutante: fdimei&t ben fieri au3 bem lieb, 3>ie 2afc&.e abgeb,angen, ben Sabel abgelegt, Unb tii<$tig brauf gefdjlagen, bio er fi$ m$t meljr regt." 1. 31 : ;u f etc. Before 1848 the soldier was addressed as 2)U (earlier still, Sv,) by his superior officer. Later, generally @ie. 1. 39 : $tn* clfjoubc (better, 33i(f d- or 33ecfel=, from 23ecf en, i. e., the basin-shaped cap. Cp. Andresen, Volksetymologie), the Prussian helmet, introduced in 1840. 1. 43: 30J)(UUta ttott UJiotttfaucott, title of a romantic drama of medieval life by Kotzebue. 1. 44 : these writers all dealt with romantic themes. 1. 47 : i. e., the age of faith, before the days of printing. No. 108, 1. i : ^agdltitti. Other strange stories regarding P. are cited in the Memoir of ' Ole Bull, Boston, 1886, p. 372. Cp. note to No. 12. In the production of Heine's there mentioned, George Harrys (1. 4) is jocularly described as the devil in .disguise, attending Paganini. Harrys was in reality a Hanoverian writer who travelled through Germany with P. No. 109. Vss. 33 52 are given in fac-simile with all of Heine's erasures and interlineations in Madam della Rocca's Skizzen iiber Heinrich Heine, 1882, pp. 50 51. 1. 72 : one of the chapels of the Cathedral where the bones of the three kings of medieval legend (a development from the story of the Magi in Matt., Chap. 2) were supposedly deposited. No. 110. Note the translation in Hosmer's history of German literature, p. 534. No. Ill, 1. 15: Jeljme, the Vehmic Court or well known secret tribunal in Germany during the middle ages. 1. 31 : SKotbbart, the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa (died 1190), of whose grandson NOTES. 197 Frederick II (d. 1250) the legend was at first narrated. The tale typified the hope of the German people in dark days that the glory of the ancient empire would be restored. So, according to Welsh legends, King Arthur lies in Snowdon until the day when he is to rise and expel from his kingdom the foreign invader. The subject is best known to Germans through Ruckert's ballad of Barbarossa. For the interpretation of these legends of sleeping monarchs consult Grimm's and Simrock's Mythologie, and J. Fiske's Myths and Myth- Makers, Boston, 1877, pp. 26, 201. 1. 37: the fit)tff)fifer is in Thuringia. 1. 64: see the note to No. 112 (a), 1. 87. No. 112 (a), l. ii : tfricfl, (175663). 1. 13: 2)tofc3 9ttettbeI3= fof)1t (1729 86), the distinguished Jewish philosopher of Berlin, grandfather of the musician Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. 1. 14: 3lnno Jiarfdjin (1722 91), a poetess in Berlin of some merit. 1. 15 : the Countess Du Barry (b. 1744) was guillotined in 1793. " 47 : Dr. Guillotin was not the inventor of the machine, although his name was given to it as he had proposed a modification of the ordinary method of beheading with sword or axe. 1. 87 : Burfd|Cltfdjaft is the name given to those German student organizations which arose at the beginning of this century, composed originally of such as had participated in the War of Liberation, organizations with an earnest purpose and liberal political views. They assumed the supposed old imperial colors, black, red and gold. Heine's relations to the 93ur idn'njcljaft are alluded to in Hiiffer, p. 74 and Str. I., 60, 124, 133, 387. No 112 (b), 1. 41 : $tamafd)enrtttcrtf)Httt, pedantic chivalry. No. 113, 1. i : 2)Jtut>Ctt f on the Weser, about 40 miles west of Hanover. The fortifications were leveled after the Franco-Prussian war. 1. 19: s JJtcmnitb. So Odysseus responded to Polyphemus (Odyssey, IX., 366, etc. ) but afterwards blinded him. Heine's function was rather to cast out the " beam," to pull out the motes from the eyes of the mighty. 1. 20: 3toar ftcdfCll, to remove a cataract. Homcmcero unb le^tc (Bebtcfyte. The Romancero was so named by Heine because the tone of the romanza prevailed in the poems constituting the collection. These poems, with the Letzte Gedichte, were written chiefly during the period when he was a sufferer from the pangs of the disease which tortured him through eight years of dying agonies. Many of these poems with their varied and animated themes bear witness to the uncon- querable buoyancy of his intellectual powers, which appeared un- wasted amid the waste of his physical frame. Others recall the phrase of Hector Berlioz that Heine stood as it were at the window of his tomb, to contemplate and to deride once more that world in which he had no longer any portion. His bodily sufferings, too, are sung in stanzas of grotesque and despairing courage; while some verses even betray signs of his changed attitude towards matters of religion, a change which, however, could scarcely be called a con- version, but was rather a revival of the religious sentiment, caused partly by his long illness and partly by his renewed interest in the Scriptures. On his deathbed, he desired to be at peace both with the world and with God. Having need of Divine mercy, he is willing to grant amnesty to all his enemies, even to those who by ties of kinship should have been his friends ; and in strains of true and touching pathos he commends his dearly loved and unguarded wife to the protection of Heaven. If Heine's last days are to be considered as a retribution, he may be said to have expiated his offences. (198) NOTES. 199 No. 115. Heine has adapted an old legend connected with Frank- fort on the Maine, a short distance above which lies Bergen. The name Sffjclm was sometimes applied to those pursuing so-called "ignoble" (ltnet)did)e) occupations, as headsmen or grave-diggers, whereby certain civic and social rights were forfeited. 1. 15: 2>ri(fe$, from >eitbricf (eiltrid)), a name in Cologne applied to any dull " Philistine," sometimes humorously to a native of Cologne him- self. 2)?urifr$cbiU (3Karia tbttlla), a name common among the lower classes in Cologne and on the Rhine, and applied also to a feminine character in the puppet-play. Both types frequently appeared in the carnival festivities. (E. I., 337.) 1. 46: rttterjUttfttg, i. e., a member of the order of knights, of knightly degree. In reality, only the emperor could ennoble a headsman ; and this legend as narrated elsewhere involves the empress of Frederick Barbarossa. 1. 52 : the male line became extinct in 1844. No. 116. An orientalist professor at Bonn thus cruelly dissects this harmless song of a sentimental Bedouin : The Asras were not charged with platonic affection. There were no Sultans in their day. They never were made slaves. They lived in North Arabia, not in Yemen (South Arabia). A slave would not bear the name Moham- med. (H. 335.) Hessel quotes an Arabian tale which was probably the basis for the poem : ,,2ftan erjablt, ein Sebuine babe, al8 er nadj jeiner ^erfunft gefragt rourbe, jur Stntroort gcgeben : id) bin ttom tamme beret, tneldje fterben, toenn fte Ueben, itnb ein baneben fteben* be -Uiabcfjen fei in ben SRuf cwSgebrodjen : bei ^Tttab, ! er ift einer ber SBenn SIfra." No. 118 was written in a copy of Atta Troll intended for the baroness Rothschild in Paris. (K.) No. 120, 1. 2: gottme $pfd, a reference to the gilded bribes from the garden of the Hesperides by which Atalanta was enticed and delayed in the race with her victorious suitor. 1. 6: after 200 NOTES. defeating Darius and marrying various princesses, one, the daughter of Darius, Alexander died in the midst of his successes and excesses at Babylon. No. 121, I./: Stt^Cttjontmcr ("seediness"), or $ater, in student slang is the milder, and ^>unt>C=(JIcnb ("blue devils"), or gvaucS (Sfenb, the more severe form of indisposition following a carousal. No. 125, the " Way of the World," " to him that hath shall be given," etc. No. 127. It was Lessing who, after a study of ancient monuments, first introduced into German literature the idea that Death was depicted as the brother of Sleep, in the form of a youth with inverted torch. (See Lessing's essay : Wie die Alien den Tod gebildet, and Herder's poem : Der Tod. Ein Gespr'dch an Lessings Grab.) 1. i : bic bctbcn eftalten, i. e., Sob (ber Sine) and cftfaf (ber 3lnbre). 1. 9 : s lH0ijnMumenfran, the wreath of poppies, the flower from which opium and morphine are derived. No. 128. This affecting poem betrays the accents of sincerity. Heine displayed for his mother and his wife the purest affection. 1. i : baitutos, the Greek personification of death. 1. 21 : SBetm 2B0ft, etc., according to the Rabbinical tradition only the High Priest knew the real name of God, and dared utter it but once a year, on the day of atonement, in the Holy of Holies. (K.) No. 129., The revolution of 1848 in Paris had precipitated revo- lutionary movements throughout Europe. After the Berlin massacre, the failure of Hungary, and the close of the abortive Frankfort parlia- ment, came a reaction, and the governments partly regained the ground which they had lost. Many Germans in exile, and among them Heine, whose physical sufferings, too, had now begun to in- crease, lost heart, and almost despaired of any very speedy success for the liberal cause. His bitter skepticism may be felt in this and others among his political poems composed at this period. 1. 16: NOTES. 201 %laccn&, the Roman poet, who shared the Republican defeat and retreat at Philippi. On the strength of his own statement (Odes, II., 7), he has sometimes been accused of cowardice, (jdoffctt = getailfen. 1. 18 : the one-hundredth anniver- sary of Goethe's birth was celebrated Aug. 22, 1849. " J 9 : Hen- riette Sontag (1806 54), after retiring from the stage in 1830 as Countess Rossi, was obliged on account of financial straits to return to the stage again in 1849. (K.) 1. 21 : Liszt (1811 85), the famous musician, whose praises Heine had enthusiastically chanted, to whom the dignitaries of his native Hungary had presented a sword of honor 1. 32: Falstaff in I. Henry IV., II., 4: "here I lay, and thus I bore my point!" 1. 39: .WiimpCltltcb, heroic poem. 1-44: the later savage scenes of the Nibelungenlied were laid in the land of Hungary. The opening lines of the poem lun : ,,Uns ist in alien masren wunders vil geseit Von heleden lobebaeren, von grozer arebeit." To us, in ancient story, are marvels many told Of heroes crowned with glory, of troubles manifold. 1. 47 : bcr ^>elb f Siegfried, who succumbed to Hagen's treacherous assault. 1. 49: Hungary was finally subjugated by Austria with the assistance of the Russian "bears," whose aid was invoked by Francis Joseph. 1. 55: i. e., under the sway of the multitudinous petty despots of Germany. No. 130. Cp. No. 156. No. 131. Formerly entitled : ScrlorCHC 3cf)Ubn)arf)t, or Forlorn Hope, the equivalent of Enfant perdu. The poem is indicative of Heine's manner of political warfare. (See Houghton's Monographs, p. 297.) No. 132, apparently an incomplete sketch. No. 133, 1. i : l)rtfiu3, the famous political poet whose strains 202 NOTES. inspired the ancient Spartans. 1. 10 : QHn ttot = eitl ?ebef)od), a health. No. 134, 1. 14: bte ttytttyljaliben, the Stymphalides or wild stormbirds of Greek mythology, sometimes confounded with the harpies. Goethe introduces them into the Classische Walpurgisnacht of the second part of Faust. No. 135. Heine writes from Hamburg in 1844 to his wife in the " modern Babylon" : ,,2ftein ott, ber blofje ebanfe, baft 2)u obne mid) in $ari8 btft, macfjt mid) jtttern. 2Mn arme ?amm, 2>u bift in ingfi, aft bu bie Grbe au5 bent (Seficbte Serloren SHur in beinem ebt 204 NOTES. 2)itethfutfd)e. 1. 14 : Gfyurrette = Barren, tumbril. 1. 15 : Gh,am= bcllait mtb ame b'Sltour ^ammerberr unb $ammerfrau. 1. 16: SanlfiUottC = ^ofenloi'er, i. e., one of the French patriots of 1793 who doffed the small-clothes of the old regime and donned pantaloons. 1. 22 : tcrrortftiftf) = erjdjrerfenb, terrorizing. 1. 26: pcnofdjicrt = buntgeftveift. Here, plumed. The whole phrase means : decked with black plumes. No. 144. Cp. No. 64. ,,2>aS nennen @te religion ?" asked Alfred Meissner, when Heine gave him this poem to read; ,,id) nenne e athetflifch." ,,9?eiit, netn, retigioS, blaSpfaemifd) reltgios!" cried Heine in reply. (S. II., 381.) No. 145, 1. 17 : Crgto (Crgien) = (Schroelgereieru No. 146, 1. 15: (rbped}pf(aftcr, asphalt pavement, common in Paris after 1850. No. 147 was addressed to "la Mouche" the "fly," a name applied sportively by Heine to a young lady (still living in 1889) who soothed his last days by her tender attentions. A seal which she used was stamped with a fly. (Selden, p. 19. Cp. p. 173 of these notes, S. II., 409, and Buchheim's Heine, p. XXXIV.) 1. 19: Igotodbfame, another name for "/a Mouche." Cp. Selden, pp. 52, 56, 62. Heine also addressed a poem to her entitled Lotosblume. No. 148, 1. 9: SShlfcgfreunbe. Cp. No. 154. Heine's family quarrels, dealing principally with the moneybags of his rich relatives, are far from edifying. These wrangles, however, undoubtedly con- tributed to the undermining of his precarious health. 1. 13: ()lct(f) 3tCflfrtcb (dat.), etc. ^pbrnctt, because his skin had become hard- ened and invulnerable, except in one fatal spot, after he had bathed in the dragon's blood. No. 151. Cp. notes on Nos. 128, 135. No. 152. The refrain of an old Catholic hymn runs as follows : NOTES. 205 D eroigfeit, o Groigfeit ! SBie lang bifl bu, o (Eroigleit 2>n bir roenn nur all toufenb 3a$r in Slug oergBfj ein Heine 3 a O r > SBilrb n>arf)fen SEBafferS |ol$e SJleng, 2)afj 6rb unb $itnmel war $u eng." No. 154, ,,eiu mil sttternber anb gefdjriebeneS 33leiftiftgebtcf)t au feineu lefeten febcnstagen." (S. II., 334.) The conclusion of this poem reveals the hollowness of the supposed reconciliation with his family in his last days. 1. 4 : 3Jiagcn UJtb StypCtt, old German terms, equivalent to "kith and kin." No. 155, 1. 7 : 2KortC. See p. 178 of these notes. 1. n : bad 9Rcitf(f)en(0o. So Thekla bewails the fate of Max Piccolomini in Wallenstein's Tod (IV., 12) : ,,o ift ba3 008 be Sc^bnen auf ber @rbe." No. 156, 1. 14: ^omerod. (Odyssey XI., 488491.) Achilles, replying to Ulysses in the realm of shades : " Noble Ulysses, speak not thus of death, As if thou couldst console me. I would be A laborer on earth, and serve for hire Some man of mean estate, who makes scant cheer, Rather than reign o'er all who have gone down To death." (BRYANT'S TRANS.) Heine quotes this passage in one of his earliest writings, exulting then in the fulness of life. (Ideen. Das Buck le Grand. (1826.) Chap. III.) Cp. Ecclesiastes, IX., 4. -- 1. 15: ^Jjiltftcr U tuffcrt (Stuttgart), one last Parthian shaft at the Suabian school. Cp. No. 107. 1. 17 : $Clit>e, Pelides, son of Peleus. With this 206 NOTES. poem compare No. 130, and both with Voltaire's Adieux A la Vie (1778), written in the last year of his life (66 vol. edition of 1819, XII., 389-90): "Quand sur la scene de ce monde Chaque homme a jou^ son roiet, En partant il est a la ronde Reconduit a coups de sifflet. Le public malin s'en moquait; La satire un moment parlait Des ridicules de sa vie; Puis a jamais on 1'oubliait. Ainsi la farce eHait finie." APPENDIX. LINGUISTIC, SYNTACTICAL, AND METRICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HEINE'S POEMS. INTRODUCTORY. HEINE'S verse is distinguished for its melodious simplicity, its apparent spontaneity, and for a fluency of metrical construction the rhythm of which renders the lack of rime in many stanzas almost imperceptible. The versification is not complez, and no very in- genious manipulation of rime appears, nor any great variety in the metres employed. There is a carelessness in the treatment of the verse, which was partly studied and partly natural. Heine's favorite measure was a short iambic or trochaic line, varied by an occasional anapaestic or dactylic movement, which gives to the strophe much flexibility and lightness.* The employment of many rimes which are apparently faulty is justified by similar deviations in other eminent poets, and is based finally upon peculiarities of dialectic pronunciation. Other reflections of popular usage borrowed directly from the Volkslied may be found in the linguistic irregularities which are specially marked in Heine's earlier poems. A number of examples are here appended, to illustrate rather than to exhaust the variety of poetic license in which Heine indulged. For identifying the citations, references have been made to the Bibliothek- Aiisgabe (see p. 171 of these notes), which has been selected, not on account of its superior merit as a text edition, but for its inexpensiveness and accessibility. In connection with these examples the special student of Heine may be directed, at the discretion of the teacher, to indicate the current forms, to give the ordinary prose usage, to translate the more difficult compounds, or to account for the apparently faulty * A suggestive article on the metrical form of Heine's verse by Karl Hessel may be found in the Zeitschrift fur den devtscken Unterricht, 1889, p. 47. (209) 210 APPENDIX. I. ANTIQUATED, OBSOLESCENT OR UNUSUAL WORDS OR FORMS. VOL. I., p. 19, fiivber. p. 21, itmnnefom. p. 23, olleine. p. 34, fputet end), p. 35, )bem, balbe (and often), p. 41, Derflejt. p. 46, 2>ronimeten. p. 49, giilben. p. 63, ftunb. p. 77, capabel, fpenbabel, mtfe= rabel, paffabel, atmabel. p. 108, jejjunber (and often), p. no, je^unb (and often), p. 146, SoUen. p. 152, jeo (and often), p. 193, 2)e* Ipotdjen. p. 194, empfafyn. p. 195, roeilanb, 2Jiagebein. p. 207, ritcf- jjulaffen. p. 234, fdjroabemt. p. 235, geroefl. p. 239, anpten. VOL. II., p. 12, 2ftatc. p. 20, erfunb. p. 23, reitten. p. 24, ob. p. 27, e regent, p. 30, gefdjnrinbe. p. 32, jefyre. p. 35, fdjneUe. p. 60, begegent. p. 102, erfyuben. p. 109, ^tmuv'. p. 114, ge|d)eitte. p. 122, tuiubelttjeidje. p. 140, fyinfitvo. p. 156, uerbiirben. p. 182, ScufcUnne, jwo. p. 184, bertnetlen. p. 188, 3evufcf)otat)im. p. 193, @tuffert. p. 203, geftunfen b,abenb. p. 218, begunnen. p. 244, ftva^ttc, ^angeft, gangeft. p. 269, gefunben. VOL. III., p. 19, {internal, Sanner, h,od)beru(fte. p. 21, 9iitdfcn, Gu= nitcfen. p. 22, implafabel. p. 25, funnf. p. 27, jnriicfe, fyeiter. p. 28, alsbalbe. p. 47, nunmetjre. p. 79, umfunft. p. 87, barob. p. 97, bafj. p- 98, 2Barbein. p. 99, frummer, p. 113, fvulje. p. 116, un jnng. p. 122, geloffeu. p. 157, $a'mpe. p. 180, SlennSljant. p. 200, opfen, fpeftalelt. p. 209, fpat. p. 213, 2)?abel, Soff eleven, p. 217, graue. p. 229, it)eb,e. p. 258, ^enutterbammelt. p. 259, ftfcelt. p. 274, beferfert, flennen. p. 277, gringe. p. 289, abgemeigclt. p. 301, fra* fe^lt, Xantitppe. p. 302, flanieren. p. 308, pelwnleu. II. GRAMMATICAL IRREGULARITIES. i. In Form, Termination, or Case. VOL. L, p. 17, maud) grauftg S3ilb. p. 18, naljete. p. 19, 3luf lueiter eib' ftaub meie 2)Mb, paten, paten, jdjarf nnb breit, APPENDIX. 211 fdjaufle rube ticf unb roeit. p. 22, ba8 erje mein, mein ?eben jii. p. 23, fein Stebdjen. p. 24, im ^ammerlein traut, a6 nMnjelt ber ejell, (id)) bin ja bein @ob,n. p. 25, btinb gtebeluicib. p. 26, 2ieb Sruber. (Cp. Schiller s Tell, I., i : ,,?ieb f nobe, bift mein.") p. 42, bie 5lugen mein. p. 49, mancf) giilben eratf). (Cp. Goethe's Erl- kdnig: ,,mand) giitben enjanb.") p. 50, jd)5n ebtt>ig. p. 52, jd)on ?iebd)en >au. p. 53, bie 2lugen nog, id) benfe bev jauberDoIlen. p. 55, in i'iiften blau, am immel h,cll. p. 70, traumen jeligen Xraum. p. 74, tt)a'ten gnfammenpreffen. p. 79, auf bvennenber ^eljeinoanb, flagen tb.nn. p. 81, mein djatten felbanber. p. 86, im 2)?aie, fdjiouren. p. ioo, (id)) fann. p. 134, jkinern. p. 138, 9?ad)ten. p. 151, ber baranfftfct, fiird)t. p. 160, ein foflbar tiict. p. 186, (ge=)fommen. p. 187, benf id) alter efd)id)ten. p. 190, fdjonev beiui. p. 192, fd)bner Xraum, |d)bner SG3ab,n. p. 194, reidjern dja^ benn. p. 195, |d)aute bein. p. 196, (id)) bin. p. 197, b,arret greube mein. p. 198, bfeid) S31iimd)en, ber ^erjatterliebflen mein, pfliirfen t^n. p. 200, tb,at ftd) befnnben, $nabe nid)t rau^te, in lieblidje 2ftaib. p. 204, benf mein. p. 209, biefe breie. p. 218, e jei benn, bn ftiirbejl je^t. p. 220, (Snr. p. 223, geniiber, al8 bee mid) umroanb. p. 224, tin oernntnuet' Sett, p. 227, ben SBater mein, bie SKutter tvaut. p. 234, ber ,3"tv) baben. p. 50, jo (= bie). p. 106, (id)) hatte. p. 113, (bn) bifl, baft. p. 191, ein ftoWidje gifl"va. p. 283, hbnten. 212 APPENDIX. NOTB. These irregularities, the omission of the prefix ge-, of the article, of the declensional terminations, the use of tfyltn as auxiliary, of the simple genitive instead of a case governed by a preposition, etc. are chiefly echoes of the Volks- lied. Heine's use of the uninflected attributive adjective after its noun, common in middle high German and kept in the popular ballad, was a usage criticized, but ineffectually, by as early a writer as Opitz {Bitch voit der deutschen Poeterei, 1624, p. 30 or E zb.) as well as by the mastersingers. a. In the Arrangement or Construction of the Sentence. a) In the normal independent sentence : Displacement of predicate, prefix, participle, and infinitive. VOL. I., p. 21, llnb jjrimme lutb, mein ev3 ttevjefyvt. 3)ev 23vd'itt'= gam iljve >a'ubc bvitdt. p. 27, Unb bev tolle djttarm ben ptelmauu nmjd)n>eift, Unb bev ptcfmann nrilb in bie aiten gveift. p. 34, 3d) abcr 9Jiemanben Ivan', p. 77, 2)a8 2ftenfd)enolf mid) ennntoievet. VOL. II., p. 56, ev ^apfi in bev 2ftitte fdjveitet. p. 69, 2)cr Ijotbe gviil)Ung wevluelfeu luivb. VOL. III., p. 76, Sin 3oubev in bem Sranje roav. VOL. I., p. 21, Unb veid)t e l)in bem 33vdntigam. p. 29, 3d) woflte nnv ftel)len utein tvaute ?ieb. p. 41, Gv Ijat wevloven feinen dja^. p. 42, Unb giivt' miv nm ben egeiu p. 44, I'afc bitften bie 9tojen, laji fdjeinen bie onn'. 2Bivf urn ben meiteii djleiev. >aft be|d)loffen mein 35evbevben. 9fiittle ab ben bnmpfen Xriibftnn. p. 50, Seiner Devftanb jn benten bie $anbfd)rift an bev 9Banb. VOL. II., p. 57, 3d) b,ab' micf) gevettet au bem 33evg. p. 271, 3d) DiU bir fd)tt)5= ren jeben Gtb. SDiein djroeigen jn uevbiivgevn biv. VOL. III., p. 24, @ie Iad)t lant anf bcftanbig. p. 225, Gr b,ing ftd) nm eine Joiwenljant. p. 275, ?etb,e SSaffev b,aben nod) je^t oerloren nid)t bie iJJJadjt. b) In the inverted sentence: Displacement of prefix, participle, infinitive, etc. Failure of inversion. VOL. L, p. 17, 9Jod) fdjroebt mir uov mand) grauftg Silb. p. 26, 2)a bat bie bfle gelcgt bie >anb. p. 32, 3Jibd)t' id) hbven ein UebenbeS APPENDIX. 213 SBort. p. 47, @inb ja fdjneenjeifj beiuc SBangen. p. 53, O, fomtt' id) bir rotljen bic SBangen bla. Hub Ijat er ju Gnbe gefnngen ba8 Sieb. p. So, 2)fit laugen Chrcn fangen fie ein bcv pa^en i'ieb. VOL. II., p. 123, @o will Derblutcu mcine Scelc. VOL. III., p. 301, llnb enblid) nrivb man geb,olt Dom Senfel. p. 304, 3)e8gletd)en war gu feb,n bet ott 9lmnr. VOL. I., p. 22, Unb fturmifd) fiitjn ba SSort cnlqiioK. p. 37, 35od) aufd 9?eu' bie alte @(utl) fte bclebt. VOL. II., p. 57, 2>e 9?ad)t ntetit Jcbcn er>uad)ct. r) In the transposed sentence : Displacement of verb, prefix, parti- ciple, infinitive, etc. VOL. I., p. 17, eblteben ifl mic nur, >ua3 glutljenroilb id) etuji gcgoffen h,ab' in umdje 9Jetme. p. 18, 2)a fdjaut' id) eine fdjone 2ftatb bie cmftg luitjd) ein roeijjeS ^letb. p. 35, ^i mein mitbe aupt tdj legc feme in ein fiif)Ie rab. p. 41, 2Bo er am befien (tegen mag, uub fdjlafeu InS ^um jiingflen Sag. p. 42, O mbd)tcft bn nnr fovgen, ba bic 9JJiil)ine nid)t auSpirft bie Slugen mein, loenn id) Infttg jdjtuebe morgen. p. 54, Xie im S3ad)e frob, nub mnnter, tandjen anf nnb taudjen unter. p. 58, 2)at3 c3 a(6 S3anm einfl jieven faint ben avten. p. 74, 3)ie ba8 Ajcrj mir tfjaten xitjainmenpreffen. p. 91, 3lm ^reit5rueg unvb begvaben, nrr felber ftd) bvadjte um. p. 194, Unb bie jdjone Csovbaneperle b,at rerfalidjt be 9tomer eij. p. 195, 2)ev bit bift fo fdjon unb rein. VOL. II., p. 74, So bit oft getraumt ber i'tebe junge Xra'nme. p. 122, 9iad)bem cv gejdjmiebet fetn djroert. VOL. III., p. 20, 2)ie Surg be 3nbra b,ciBt bie alle, roo aufgefiellt bie otter atte. p. 98, S)a6 bn jit bciuer @tppfd)aft ^aljlft ben b,ob,cn Sdjimmel, ben gevttten err ott fvicb oon SSouillon. 214 APPENDIX. SSenn id) felber im rab (bin), p. 77, ogar ber greunb, ber fonfl paffabel (roar). Other illustrations may be noted on pp. 94, 113, 122, 196, 214, 218, 221, 224, 229, 238. VOL. II., p. 73, SBcnu im iiben fd)5ne SBetter (ift). p. 99, SBie fefyr bit flein unb nidjtig (btft). p. 106, ^iir afteni'djenfinber, lueldje breifad) eleitb (fmb). Other illustrations on pp. 70, 106, 148, 151, 153, 170, 172, 176, 180, iSS, 190, 191, 200, 231, 233, 243, 258, 263, 278. VOL. III., p. 22, gin erj, ba3 ofjne galjd) unb 2Jiafel (ift). p. 33, 3m $reife Don unfrtftertcn gbelfrann, bie Iopflo gleidjerwetie (fmb). p. 46, 3efn, ber bie @ute felbfl (mar), p. 291, 9hir broben wo bie terne (ftnb), giebtfi ^irfdjen otnte Serne. Also on pp. 26, 61, 76, 90, 94, 97, 196, 242, 259, 263, 275, 278, 286, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 301. e) No verbs in the sentence (exclamatory clauses). VOL. I., p. 170, 3JieereSfUtte ! VOL. II., p. 105, SBte fern bte^eimat! 2Jtein eq wie fdjroer! p. 168, 9Zad)t iinb SttUe. 9tnberi"d)Idge. p. 191, ihirioier ^Inblirf 1 3 um Srfdjrecfen nub jam ?ad)cn! p. 203, $ein lalent, bod) etn Sb,arafter! p. 209, Stnbre 3 c ' teu f abre Sbgel! Slnbre SSogel, anbre Sieber ! VOL. III., p. 26, Unten Sd)lad)t. Sorber- fringe, iegcsbogen! p. 59, iReuer SBoben, nene Slnmen! 9Zeue SBlnmen, neue Sufte ! p. 195, ute SBaffer ! guteS Sanb ! III. LONG OR UNUSUAL COMPOUNDS OR DERIVATIVES. VOL. I., p. 24, 3appelbeinlentd)en, algenornat, 58efenftielmiittevd)en. P- 73. SEellenidiaiimgrborene. p. 88, %eingolbgrunb. propfjetengefeierte. p. 234, lutb,mutb,blut. p. 240, eiit jiifsfrotigeS ttmmelein. VOL. II., p. 23, fdjcllenflingeub, peitfdjcnfnattenb. p. 63, Scanner* vippcnfpecf. p. 80, @d)cflftfd)jeelenbiift. p. 92, jcmbevgeroaltfarn. p. 100, lihieburgevtb,umlid). p. 101, ^ortfd)vitt$bcinett. p. 108, in 3JiorfeiIIcvb,t)mnenraeije. p. 116, 3acob=rimmifd), frifcf)ivomnifi-ob,Ud) fret. p. 118, SRMfdjrittgbeiue. p. 128, anmutb,bliib,cub, |d)onb,eit* ftrafytenb. p. 145, tvommelfeUeridjitttenib. p. 186, 35ummbammflauge. p. 190, giebcrb,olb^Iaf. p. 225, S)enuntioud)en. p. 243, efreujigt- iuevben. p. 256, Ijodjtortjfcfjen. p. 263, aviftofrafcig, fcljlampampen. VOL. III., p. 25, gaftnad)t8gecfenfd)au. p. 34, mifftonartfteret. p. 56, ftvapa^entvit^enb. p. 58, europdifteret. p. 66, SfjarfrettagSprocefftonen. p. 75, @ott[etbetitH. p. 94, 9Jtuftf&edagorgdngcr. p. 106, erft^ie Hcfjee, Iei(i)t)eitflcgehi, (Srfc^offenrocrben. p. 139, pilfered) tsfafuiftttt, 2)oftvinavviu. p. 150, ^orjellanpagobenfaijer. p. 152, be @d)teb,mtb,I tb,um. p. 161, btiitfrafegierig. p. 171, immclb,errgottfaframent. p. 192, rofeflicgenroebetmeiflrtn, Cberb,amaffd)aufelbame. p. 195, 2BeHberub,mth,eitHnoflenleib reu b'- ^- '55 f ligfetteit bebeitten. i ii: I., 43; tricf jitriicf. I., 36; nicten liirfeiu I., 29; genicfet gepfliicfet. II., 231; fiit)le. I., 43; ftiU ^anonengebriill. II., 230; nnttft Der^iiflfl. II., 246; er mitteln rittteln. ic ii: I., 60; iebe triibe. I., 26; i'icb bitrdjgtitb,!. II., 240; fubjcribieret gebiitjret. I., 85; met efiib,!. ic tj: III., 118; ?iebbeu &gl)pten. III., 161 ; 9?a(l)orntb,tere SJamptjre. u 5: III., 219; iibertroffen 33eetb,oDen. I., 39; fmnmerDofl luob,!. III., 168; gitegeitflotte 3lftaroti)e. CONSONANTAL IRREGULARITIES. I., 22 and III., 101 ; b,ab' ab. III., 285; ftraub' ?etb. ' III., n8; i'iebben tgi^teu. I., 37; ?iebe6b,out^ 3lug'. I., 30; >traudj lug'. III., 122; ieUeid)t entfteigt. I., 113; 33efud| genug. I., 28; a{d)eutiid| tmg. III., 305; 9iorfen 218 AVPEXDIX. I., 153; @perf 2Seg. I., 26; 33eib' 2Kaib. I., 200; ftreub' 2Raib. I., 26; greub' >bHenteib. I., 197 and II., 74; @tunb' SKunb. II., 80; mnb' lonnt'. I., 116; entleb'ge $omobie. III., 298; belaft'gen 33eftjcn. III., 101 ; 9toma'3* b,oma. I., 121 ; 23e(tenban' bavanS. I., 24; SBeir tretS. I., 150; SBeif' gleife. I., 150; 3fof @d)(ofj. II., 254; 9?tefen tjtefjen. I., 222; IVtbg 5Ret$. III., 90; @im3 ^rinj. II., n; ?on5. III., 217 ; (Sbenmafj age. IDENTICAL RIMES. (SRiibrenbe or SReie SfJeime.) I., 23; ngelein Gngdein. I., 30; 9Jatb, parat. I., 33; b,eut l)fiit. I., 85; Btel Oefiib,!. I., iio; ?tebeIeib ?eut. I., 195; ?titflrlein SBangeteui, beiit SRagebeiii. II., 116; Stiicfcrt ju= riicffeh,rt. II., 119; 2ait(b.elb 3WaiiI b.alt. II., 257; apfelfiuen , s )lpfclfinen. II., 272 3; 'Sujjem oeraufeern. III., 101; ^litgel CURIOUS OR UNUSUAL RIMES. I., 41 ; betjejt beflejrt. I., 77 ; jpcnbabel fapabel mijerabel paffabel atmabel. I., 194; ^reii' tc^ flciBtg. I-, 205; Speftafel 3JZirafel. II., 100; 2>nnftfrci$ ftunfigrei*, uorbei b,cnt ^rci> ^rit, ?ob ift atttrabeau bi|t. II., 114; 2SaUb,aaiDi|d) 2BaUfiid). II., 115; apoUo toU o. II., 131 ; 33urle d)urfe. II., 223; SRo* mantif Ub,Ianb, 2ierf. II., 224; (gtnflnfj 9tb,cinflu. II., 225; 3Jtond)en 2)cmmctationd)cn. II., 230; @trob,n)tfd) pb,i(o|opb,iid). II., 240; $onflift um pictunt. II., 237 8; ^iinfc^ ein * An illustration of the softening influence of the elided e. Compare Sanders, Silbennussung, p. 100. APPENDIX. 219 fdjein. II., 242 ; d)eHftfd) SSolfiid). II., 246; (Sdjlofj fafj S3ar- baroffu. II., 252; Berftcht fid) rotbevfejsig. II., 253; emtfd) ifl - ftifd) ifl. II., 267; tftopflod 1 aitbntfopfflorf. II., 276; @ott fri 2>anf, b,eut Jugenfranfbett. III., 22; fapabel implafabel. III., 47 ; mtnmeljre miferere. III., 77 ; 33eiipiet iftaifpiel. III., 95; Gvbenglobus SBaffevopuS. III., 96; emelaub SBte* lattb. III., 213; $afce hat fte. III., 220; bin id) fimtig. III., 229; cgal rattenfafjl. III., 233; Derfyafjt Xljor ^Jafior. III., 253 ; eb,bfel SRefjfcll. III., 258; ?orbcr Ob,r, Seer, SWetflerfMld ift IM ifl, 9to^naf 2flo$art. III., 276; artig b,arrt' id). III., 308 ; $h,iltfter glitcflidjer ift et. MISCELLANEOUS. Dactylic rimes are illustrated by I., 73 ; SScUcnfdjanmgcborene auScrforene, t)telgebutbige eutfdjnlbig' e?. Cases like I., 210; ?iige bctriigen, may be explained as faulty rimes, following precedents in the Volkslied, and in middle high German verse where rime was not yet fully developed. In some dialects however the final it in such cases would not be pronounced, so that the rime would sound perfect. In cases like I., 99; SSettlt Sdjroelln (cp. I., 71, 172, 173; II., 15, 17, 250: III., 202.), the spelling merely corresponds to the common contraction in speaking. In III., 273 (No. 144 of the Selections) is an example of intentional and effective omission of the final rime. This effect is parodied in III., 258 9, as often in the modern comic ballad. III., 172 3 exhibits an example of slovenly versification where the rimes are either faulty or fail entirely. In I., 132 is a specimen of an unusual metrical scheme, namely: a, , , a. 220 APPENDIX. In III., 242 (No. 139), the accent of $o'bt>Ibe is shifted to fiobol'ber; in III., 284, e'lenbig to elen'Dig (analogous to Icbeu'Dir). In I., 26 (p. 2 of Selections) and II., 13 (No. 79 of Selections) occur examples of rimes technically imperfect, yet peculiarly seductive and melodious, and filled with liquid alliteration. 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