Almost as much as of this type of ‘psychology’ Schumann is master of the delicate picture of mood, as in _Die Lotosblume_, _Der Nussbaum_, and the thrice lovely _Mondnacht_. His musical high spirits often serve him in good stead, as in Kerner’s ‘Wanderer’s Song.’ In ‘To the Sunshine’ he imitates the folk-song style with remarkable success. In the short ballad he has at least two works of supreme beauty, the _Waldesgespräch_, already referred to, and the well known ‘Two Grenadiers.’ There is a certain grim humor (one of the few lyrical qualities which Schubert never successfully attempted) in his setting of Heine’s masterly ‘The Old and Bitter Songs.’ And, finally, one song that stands by itself in song literature--the famous _Ich grolle nicht_, admired everywhere, yet not beyond its deserts. Here is tragedy deep and exalted as in a Greek drama--though it is disconcerting to note how much more seriously Schumann took the subject than did his poet, Heine. IV In 1843, when Schumann had made his first success as a song writer, he received from an unknown young man a batch of songs in manuscript. With his customary promptitude and sureness, he announced the young man in his journal, the _Neue Zeitschrift für Musik_. This man was Robert Franz, who, many insist, is the greatest song writer in the world, barring only Schubert.[92] Franz, it seems, had had an unhappy love affair, and had taken to song-writing to ease his feelings, having burned up all his previous compositions as worthless. Schumann did for Franz what he did for Brahms and to some extent for Chopin--put him on the musical map--and that on the strength of an examination of only a few early compositions. Through his influence Franz’s Opus I was published, and thereafter, steadily for many years, came songs from Franz’s pen. He wrote little other original music, save a few pieces for church use. His reputation refused to grow rapidly, for there was little in his work or personality on which to build _réclame_, but it has grown steadily. The student of his songs will discover a high proportion of first-rate songs among them--higher, probably, than in any other song composer.