never relinquished the ideals of his youth; retained a manly admiration even for Heine, who had held him up to derision. Being such as he was, it was only natural that Herwegh should from the very first be on the watch in the matter of his brother poets' fidelity to their flag and the genuineness of their liberalism. His attacks on Geibel and Freiligrath have already been noticed. He next turned upon Anastasius Grün (Auersperg), who had gone to Vienna in hopes of obtaining the appointment and rank of Chamberlain; his wife, by birth a Countess Attems, was invested with the Order of the Star of the Cross, and he wished to be able to accompany her to court. In stirring words Herwegh entreated him to retrace his steps: "Darf man den Tempel um ein Weib entweih'n, Mit einem Weib um goldne Götzen tanzen," &c[6] Dingelstedt retorted, defending Count Auersperg in a pretty poem: "O, sie will es nie begreifen, ihre Prosa und Gemeinheit, Das ein Geist wie Du, ein Name, bürgt für der Gesinnung Reinheit, Nur das Schlechte glaubt sie willig," &c.[7] The retort evaded the attack instead of repulsing it. No one seriously believed in a man like Auersperg having changed his convictions; the ground of Herwegh's attack was that, holding such convictions, he had solicited a court appointment. It was his own future position that Dingelstedt defended; he was the next poet upon whom Herwegh turned, with a satire that was all the fiercer because it was silent, or at least only indirectly expressed. Dingelstedt, like Herwegh, had been obliged to leave Germany to escape the consequences of writing political poems. The two poets met in Paris. There they one evening amused themselves by trying which could write the better verses on the subject of his own imaginary political conversion. Herwegh wrote the poem "Wohlgeboren" the burden of which is: What is the use of all this talk of liberty and fatherland, of all this enthusiasm, all this meddling with politics? What good has it done me? No, no! for the future I will be a quiet, respectable citizen: "Du sollst, verdammte Freiheit, mir Die Ruhe fürder nicht gefährden; Lisette, noch ein Gläschen Bier! Ich will ein guter Bürger werden."[8] This last line forms the refrain of all the verses. To outbid his friend, Dingelstedt wrote the poem "Hochwohlgeboren," which begins: "Ein guter Bürger willst du werden? Pfui Freund!--Ein guter, Bürger--Du? Das also war dein Ziel auf Erden, Dem stürmten deine Lieder zu? O nimm's zurück, das ekle Wort, Wer mag sich so gemein geberden! Nein, nein, mich reisst es weiter fort: Ich muss Geheimer Hofrath werden!"[9] In this poem, too, the last line of the first verse serves as refrain to all the others. Two years later Dingelstedt was Privy Councillor, librarian, and reader at the court of the King of Würtemberg. Herwegh contented himself with reprinting the two poems side by side.