[170] A black resin, used for violin-strings.—Tr.
[171] Alluding to the case where by this change of the town-clock the Basle people outwitted an enemy—Tr.
FOURTEENTH JUBILEE.
Albano and Liana.
64. CYCLE.
So many tender and holy sensibilities flutter round in our inner world, which, like angels, can never assume the bodily form of outward action, so many rich, full flowers stand therein which bear no seed, that it is lucky poetry has been invented, which easily treasures up all these inborn spirits and the flower-fragrance in its limbo. With this I catch, dear Albano, thy glorious perfume-breathing Sunday, and hold fast the invisible incense for the Schneider's-skin of the world!