119. The theme of Meyer's lyrics often is a painting, a piece of sculpture, etc. Here a typical Roman fountain has found lasting embodiment.
2. DER MARMORSCHALE RUND, the round hollow of the marble basin.
120.—3. ZUM ERSTEN, at first.
121. The poem in its rhythm embodies the rhythm of the sower. Compare Millet's painting The Sower.
122.—4. NICHT EINER, DER DARBE, not one that may suffer want.
123. The Dutch school of painting is famous for its realism and its truth to life. The effect of this poem is due in no small mean to contrast: "das kleine zarte Bild" of the first two lines described, 12 ff., and the "Junker mit der Dirn, der vor Gesundheit fast die Wange birst"; the quiet of death, the quiet grief of the master, and the boisterous fullness of life.
NACH, according to, from.
3. ES POCHT, Somebody knocks. HEREIN, come in.
5. VOR, because of.
6. VON, with.