10. VON. down from, on.
36. This poem describes, as the title indicates, the dawn of spring: how spring in a moonlight night imparts a mysterious stirring of new life to all nature. With its variously interwoven rhymes, both end and internal, its use of assonance and alliteration, to mention only the more obvious effects, the poem is a musical symphony.
8. WOLKENFRAU'N, clouds personified.
11. FRÜHLINGSGESELLEN, i.e. Waldquellen as helpers of spring.
37. Might well be compared to the elfin dances of Moritz von Schwind, the romantic painter.
38.—2. EIN SCHUß FÄLLT, a shot (of a gun) is heard.
40.—5. ENTBRENNTE for entbrannte.
42. Compare with 38, as to the use of the human element.
1. DER NEBEL FÄLLT, i.e., sinks away.
2. WIE BALD SICH'S RÜHRET, how soon life will stir.