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* * BETTINA. * 161
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To explain these remarks , we . must proceed "with our tale . In 1811 , Bettina had married a friend of her brother Clemens , the talented
Ludwig Joachim von Arniin . A few lines which Zelter addressed to Goethe upon this subject , not only indicate the romantic carelessness
of the young- couple , but also serve to illustrate the manner in which they would probably manage their establishment . He
wrote : — peop " le Last forgot Tuesday to have shoul their d have banns been published Bettina , ' to s wedding take a hou -day § e , , but or to both provide young a .
bed . " Shortly after their marriage they visited Goethe . It was the
last time Bettina saw him , for she quarrelled with Frau Goethe , and the jealous Hebe induced her Jupiter to banish his lo from his
sight . She breathed her grief in lyric effusions , which she sent to Goethe after many years _^ without , however , eliciting a reply . In
October , 1821 , she thus writes : — " With thee I have to speak ; not with him who rejected me to ! From him .,
thoug who , in hts sp recede ite of ! my With tears , thee had , Genius neither flames , who a with curse often thee nor with a who blessing poweriul in secret wings spar deli e , hast my ht
beheldest fanned the the dy youthful ing embers mind into roaming throug ; h fields , and lanes calm at th g y feetI still claim fellowship . * * * * Why should I be afraid of thee ?
to It -day is , long thou since mayst th think y hand differentl , which y I . would To the have glass kissed which , * dismissed to-day wette me ; d and thy afford them water for niht to be their
grave lips , I . confide Throw these them flowers away to , to -morrow , and * fill the glass * a ¦ again g . or Thus * thou hast done to I * .
me " June , 1822 . " A glance upon this paper of will show ht failed thee that it is old alread 1 y . to I sud the
denl country y felt s . so as There that if all I I will power behold lift my thoug none glance but beyond thee ! me earthl Every . To y blossom -morrow regions , that I will go opens cover to my eyemay
enlivening the light contain power s , a trunk drop and of dew root which are burdened reflects have the with image the of dark a warming , firm earth , _all- ;
if a flower had no roots , it might possibly wings . " * * * * Herr and Frau von Arniin lived for the most part in Berlin ,
representing , as it were , the centre of " the romantic school" in literature . The poets of the day flocked around them , and they
led a happy though perhaps unsettled life . She gave birth to several childrenwho were of course left to their own free impulses .
In 1831 her hu , sband died . Bettina was a great favorite with the king , and , was allowed to speak as no other of his subjects was .
A remarkable illustration of the liberty granted to her is furnished by her " Konigsbuch" published usual in 1843 florid , whi st ch she and dedicat bd ed to
the king . It was written in her y , nooy - jected to its circulation . Soon afterwards , however , Stahr republished this book in the form of an extract , and this extract was
ment suppressed in which by the Betti authorities na was accust Carefull omed to av i oiding nvolve her flowery inion orna s , he op
points out the true spirit of the book . Thus we meet with the
following sentences . .. ¦ . „ . ..
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* * Bettina. * 161
* * BETTINA . * 161
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1859, page 161, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051859/page/17/
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