60. STIMMEN, instead of einstimmen; in ein Lied einstimmen = to join in a song.
63. LAG, lingered.
74. The heavy, slow moving rhythm is in apt harmony with the scene portrayed.
12. 'EINER UM DEN ANDEREN', one after another, in turn.
75.—13. 'DAS AUFGESCHLAGNE GEBET', the prayer to which the book was opened.
76. This may be the direct description either of a Dutch landscape or of a painting. Holland, like most of the North Sea Plain, is one vast level expanse of country, through which the rivers and brooks move but sluggishly. Here and there a Dutch windmill looms up; like all other objects it seems to peer forth from a haze because of the moisture-laden atmosphere. Nowhere else does nature assume such a bewitchingly drowsy aspect in autumn as here.
10. OB, compare note to 73, 59. TRUTZE = trotze.
11. STROHKAPUZE, refers to the straw thatched roof.
77.—6. IN EINS FALLEN, to coalesce.
8. And in sadness become oblivious of each other.