[38] Facts.
[39] Facts.
[40] Facts.
[41] The destruction of Mr. Clay's press by a mob.—ED.
[42] Margaret means Pearl.—ED.
[43] Published in the New York Tribune, Aug. 1, 1846, just previous to sailing for Europe.—ED.
[44] Gœthe says, "A little golden heart, which I had received from Lili in those fairy hours, still hung by the same little chain to which she had fastened it, love-warmed, about my neck. I seized hold of it—kissed it." This was the occasion of these lines. The poet now was separated from Lili, and striving to forget her in journeying about.—ED.
[45] Buddhist term for absorption into the divine mind.
[46] This horse, Konick, was caught early, marked, and then let loose again, for a time, among the herd. He still retains a wild freedom and beauty in his movements.
[47] A sweet and beautiful singer.—ED.