He delineates war with all its horror, not however without a sad pathos (133). He is also a master at depicting the more joyous side of a soldier's life, the carefree maneuvres of a regiment with its colors and music passing through a village (130). In his love of nature Liliencron is akin to Storm, and even surpasses the older poet in the impressionistic vividness of his descriptions.
130. The poem pictures a German village scene: soldiers with their music approach from the distance, march through and disappear.
3. BRICHT'S, breaks forth or bursts forth.
6 ff. The attention is first focused on the deeper notes. A gradual rise in pitch is noticeable in the lines from instrument to instrument named.
24. LATERNENGLAS, of the street lanterns.
29. WILHEL(MINE), KATHARINE (TRINE), CHRI(STINE)
131.—9. SIRRT, an onomatopoetic word coined by the poet to imitate the sound of the scythe cutting through the grain.
10. ARBEITSFRIEDEN, the quiet peace of daily labor.
11. HEIMATWELT, home world. Compare Alltagswelt, work-a-day world.
132.—4. march and flood of victory.