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.