The Beginnings of Poetry

by Francis Barton Gummere

It is dark in the woods

Because of the firs,—

and so on.

[1024]. Firmenich, II. 779.

[1025]. Firmenich, II. 661.

[1026]. Of the dance,—the vorsinger.

[1027]. Variants of this are found in many places.

[1028]. Firmenich, III. 39.

[1029]. Ibid., II. 716.

[1030]. Ibid., II. 737.