74. "Do you not see that if you are infallible, and wish to give
it out."
75. "During its life."
76. "Thou art a very puppy."
77. This was the late Charles Astor Bristed of New York, to whom
many of these ballads were addressed in letters.
78. Lines from Gudrun, each of which is freely translated by the
lines following it.
79. "Go forth, my book, through all the world,
Bear what thy fate may be!
They may bite thee, they may tear thee,
So they do no harm to me!"
80. "Pull on your boots so rough and tough,
And whet your sword beside,
We have been lazy long enough,
The road is worth the ride."
81. Schicksal, Destiny.
82. Menschheitsideal, Human Ideal.
83. A little stream in Cincinnati, beyond which lies the German quarter, is known as the Rhine.