[353] ~Gottlieb Friedrich Klopstock~ (1724-1803) was author of Der Messias.
[354] ~Lessing~. See Sweetness and Light, Selections, Note 2, p. 271.[Transcriber's note: This is Footnote 427 in this e-text.]
[355] ~Johann Ludwig Uhland~ (1787-1862), romantic lyric poet.
[356] ~Friedrich Rückert~ (1788-1866) was the author of Liebesfrühling and other poems.
[357] ~Heine~. See Heinrich Heine, Selections, pp. 112-144.
[358] The greatest poems of ~Vicenzo da Filicaja~ (1642-1707) are six odes inspired by the victory of Sobieski.
[359] ~Vittorio, Count Alfieri~ (1749-1803), Italian dramatist. His best-known drama is his Saul.
[360] ~Manzoni~ (1785-1873) was a poet and novelist, author of I Promessi Sposi.
[361] ~Giacomo, Count Leopardi~ (1798-1837), Italian poet. His writings are characterized by deep-seated melancholy.
[362] ~Jean Racine~ (1639-99), tragic dramatist.