The open space that lay beside the brake.

XIV.

It was Beethoven. It was he who came

From monstrous shades, to journey yet awhile

In pleasant nooks, and vainly seek the smile

Of one lov'd woman—she to whom his fame

Had been a glory had she sought the same,

And lov'd a soul so grand, so free from guile.

XV.

It was the Kaiser of the land of song,