114.--9-14. A series of "_Liederseelen_." Every one of these lines contains the idea of one of Meyer's poems; compare 116. 11. GEN ... EMPOR, _up towards_. 115.--10. DUMPFEN RUDERS, a case of transferred epithet. The sound goes, of course, with _Schlagen_. 116.--8. FRÄGT, usually _fragt_. 11. DU TUST DIR'S SELBST ZU LEID, _You do it_ (i.e., _stay away_) _to your own grief_. 12. WAS FÜR EIN, _what kind of a_. 119. The theme of Meyer's lyrics often is a painting, a piece of sculpture, etc. Here a typical Roman fountain has found lasting embodiment. 2. DER MARMORSCHALE RUND, _the round hollow of the marble basin_. 120.--3. ZUM ERSTEN, _at first_. 121. The poem in its rhythm embodies the rhythm of the sower. Compare Millet's painting _The Sower_. 122.--4. NICHT EINER, DER DARBE, _not one that may suffer want_. 123. The Dutch school of painting is famous for its realism and its truth to life. The effect of this poem is due in no small mean to contrast: "_das kleine zarte Bild_" of the first two lines described, 12 ff., and the "_Junker mit der Dirn, der vor Gesundheit fast die Wange birst_"; the quiet of death, the quiet grief of the master, and the boisterous fullness of life. NACH, _according to, from_. 3. ES POCHT, _Somebody knocks_. HEREIN, _come in_. 5. VOR, _because of_. 6. VON, _with_. 10. ZUR STUNDE, _at once_. 16. NACH DER NATUR, _from life_. 126. It is necessary to bear in mind that in Switzerland dusk first settles in the valleys and then gradually creeps up to the villages situated on a higher level. 8. KILCHBERG, the poet's home near Zürich. 128.--3. GEMAHL, _n._ in poetry instead of _Gemahlin_. 4. MORGENSCHAUER, _the cool morning breezes_, the chill that falls just before sunrise. 12. SOMMERHÖHN, the higher meadows where the cattle can graze only in the summer months. LILIENCRON Detlev von Liliencron, a countryman of Hebbel and Storm, was born in Kiel, June 3, 1844. He loved a soldier's life and served his country in two wars, 1866 and 1870-71, and thus saw life in its grim reality. Because of wounds and debts, he tells us, he left the army. An inborn love of adventure and action made him try his fortune in America, where his mother's father had served under Washington. His aim was to enter the military service of one of the Central or South American states. Disappointed in his hopes, he returned to Germany and for a number of years was a government official. This task, however, proved too irksome for his restless spirit, and in spite of his continual financial embarrassments, he resigned to live as he pleased. He died in Hamburg, July 22, 1909.