Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature – 3. The Reaction in France

76

"Kisses and bites – the two words rhyme (in German); and when one loves with all one's heart, it often happens that one confuses them."

77

Jul. Schmidt, Geschichte der deutschen Litteratur, ii. 307.

78

"Art thou not conscious of him in the world, his work?
Dost thou not see him in the sunset glow
That falls so softly on the silent woods?
Dost thou not hear him in the rippling stream,
And in the nightingale's melodious notes?
Is it in vain the heaven-high mountains speak,
And hissing foam of rock-torn waterfall?
When bright the sun into his temple shines,
And all created life pulsates with joy,
And magnifies its great Creator's name,
Dost thou not seek the shrine of thy pure heart
And worship there thine idol?"

79

"Thou art armed in adamant, thou holy one, against every approach of evil. The highly-favoured one embraced by thee leaves thee still innocent and pure."

80

"They write their plans for liberating Germany in cipher, and send them to each other by messengers whom the Romans catch and hang; they meet in the dusk, they eat, they drink, and sleep, when night comes, with their wives… The hope that Augustus may die to-morrow leads them to live on thus, covered with shame, from one week to another."

81

"How it all happened I'll tell you again; to-day I'm in too great a hurry."

82

Adolf Wilbrandt, Heinrich von Kleist, 1863; Otto Brehm, Heinrich von Kleist, 1884.

83

Hitzig, Lebens-Abriss Zacharias Werners, 1823; Schütz, Zacharias Werner, Biographie und Charakteristik, 1841.

84

"Life is the destiny of everything; through death comes birth; not one grain of seed is lost. He who has struggled through blood and darkness has overcome. All hail, O bleeding knight!"

85

"You wicked Jacques! What? Die and leave your old comrade? No, no, Jacques – you must not do it."

86

"Thou art not of this earth! No mortal offers such a sacrifice! Bless me, thou daughter of Olympian gods!"

87

Ruge, Werke, ii. 60, &c.

88

"When men of noble, knightly mien trod the banks of the Rhine."

89

"Silver for bruises, gold for blood! Pay me well, Plutus, and I'll fight well for you."

90

Sepp Görres und seine Zeitgenossen, Nordlingen, 1897.

91

Cf. Briefwechsel zwischen Friedrich Gentz und Adam Heinrich Müller. Stuttgart, 1857. – K. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Friedrich von Gentz. Leipzig, 1867. —Aus dem Nachlasse Friedrich von Gentz. Wien, 1867.