16. KLINGEN MIT SCHILD UND SCHWERT, _make shield and sword resound_. 25. FUHR WOHL, _did journey_. 27. Told by the chronicles. To stumble was an ill omen. 29. ZUM STURME SCHRITT, _went to attack_. 35. SO LAßT MICH DAS ENTGELTEN, etc., _let me receive my dues for that_, etc. 40. ROLAND, one of the famous paladins of Charlemagne; his deeds were much celebrated in song. HELD, usually weak. 43. VON, render _with_. 45. SPRENGT' ER HINEIN, i.e., _in den Feind_. STOß, _thrust_ (of the spear). 47. SCHLAG, blow (of the sword). 58. IN LIEB UND IN LEID, _in joy and in sorrow_. 32.--5. REICH AN, _rich in_. 7. BLICKEN used transitively. 10. GRAU VON HAAR. Compare _blue of eyes and fair of hair_. 35. BLITZEND, _like a flash of lightning_. 42. ALLER HARFEN PREIS, _the best of all harps_. 63. HELDENBUCH, a book telling of heroes and their deeds. EICHENDORFF Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, the scion of an old aristocratic family, was born in his ancestral castle in Silesia, March 10, 1788, and died November 26, 1856. Three things especially have left an impression on his poetry: his deeply loved Silesian home with its castle-crowned wooded hills and its beautiful valleys and streams; a simple childlike piety; and an early acquaintance with the _Volksbücher_ and the _Volkslied_. The only things in Eichendorff's life that have a romantic glamor are his happy, carefree student days and his participation in the Wars of Liberation (1813-1815). When peace was declared, the poet entered the service of the Prussian state and proved himself a careful and trusted official. Thus, living a busy life, he could write that classic of romantic idleness: _Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts_, _The Autobiography of a Good-for-Nothing_. Eichendorff's lyric verse can be described best by Nietzsche's definition of a _Lied_: "_Takt als Anfang, Reim als Ende, und als Seele stets Musik_." Music is the very soul of his lyrics to an unusual degree. A melody of haunting sweetness dwells in his simple lines. It is as if the music of Robert Schumann had sought to clothe itself in words. Coupled with this, we meet a most delicate perception of nature and a remarkable ability to portray her various aspects and her ever varying moods. Romantic _Sehnsucht_ (yearning), romantic _Wanderlust_ and the romantic love of nature have found in Eichendorff their finest expression. 33.--10. VOR, _on account of, because of._ 11. WAS, _why._ 12. _with free throat and joyous breast._ 16. AUFS BEST', _in the best way._ 34.--3. WOHL. _indeed._ 13. BANNER, usually neuter. 16. The forest is the scene of many of the old legends. 21. _Always remain steadfast and true._ Compare: _Wir bleiben die Alten_, i.e., our feeling toward each other will not change, we shall remain true friends.