His gait so proud to earth was bowed,

But still he could not die!

A deadly weight, a dreary fate,

A voice that said ‘Live on!

Each wretched breast may hope for rest,

But thou canst hope for none.’”

FOOTNOTES:

[1] “The Black Forest,” p. 276 (Methuen).

CHAPTER II
DONAUWÖRTH TO RATISBON

“... the Walhalla rises, purely white;