[37] See the concluding words of the last scene but one of the above play.
[38] See the end of Schiller’s “Gods of Greece.”
[39] This refers to the time of Heine’s residence in Berlin, when he was intimate with these and other well-known personages. See Sketch of his Life, ante.
[40] The slightly irregular metre of this fine poem is a close copy of the original.
[41] A popular German poet, born in 1798, who was deprived of his professorship in the University of Breslau, in 1842, for publishing a volume entitled “Unpolitical Songs.”
[42] The last four verses were erased by the censors from the original edition.
[43] A famous theologian, poet, and orator, and one of Luther’s chief followers. He died in 1523.
[44] A Dominican friar, who was one of Luther’s first antagonists.
[45] The first edition ended with this verse, which was struck out by the censors, and replaced by the five following verses.
[46] The remains of John of Leyden and his two chief accomplices were exposed in these cages, which still remain in their old position.