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    688 Goethe's Works .

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    original , the greater part of which is in the trimeter of the Greek tragedy . We copy the concluding lines as a specimen of the verse . Neoterpe , rising and advancing .

    * I honour age , which has already liv'd for me . Palaeophron rising , and advancing , I value youth , which now for me begins to live . N . Wilt thon be patient , if it ripen tardily ? P . When ripe it will be sweet , though now the fruit be green . N . Mine he the kernel , sweet , although the shell be hard . P . My duty ' tis from my abundance to bestow . N . And mine to glean , that I hereafter may bestow . P . Good is the purpose , but the practice difficult .

    • a . a . a N . A great example softens all that ' s difficult . P . Full well I know whom this allusion signifies . N . What we but promise , she has long ago performed . P . "Tis she who founded our alliance in this town . N . I take this chaplet from my brows , and reach it her . P . I also mine . N . Live long , thou object of our vows ! P . Live happily ! this rose betokens happiness . N . Long may she live ! exclaim each loyal citizen .

    I ^ orspiel , &c . i . e . Prodrarne on the opening of the Weimar theatre , 19 th September , 1807 , after the happy reunion of the Ducal family , —that is , our readers know , after the fatal battle of Jena , in 1805 , and consequent ruin , for a time , of the cause of national independence in Germany . The Duke of Weimar , at the instance of his admirable wife , obtained from the victor forgiveness for his faithful adherence to the King of Prussia ; and he was enrolled among the allies of the omnipotent conqueror . It is sufficient to say that the personages of this allegorical dramolet are the Goddess of War , a Fugitive , Peace , and Majesty , who elegantly interchange the obvious common-places of the occasion in verses of various metres . — the trimeter , the ordinary

    iambic , and the trochaic . Was wir bringen , i . e . What we bring ; also a Vorspeil . —An occasional piece on the opening of the new theatre at Lauchstadt , a little watering-place resorted to by the wealthy inhabitants of Weimar . This little place had the honour of first presenting to the German public several of Goethe ' s works . The Weimar company performed there . The occasion of this prodrame being one of those which is constantly occurring , this poem has higher pretensions than the preceding ; and the allegory , as exhibited by

    Goethe , may serve for imitation . Father Martin and his old wife Martha , who appear to be also Baucis and Philemon , keep a publichouse , which the husband is resolved to pull down , in order to build one larger and better . This the more contented old lady disapproves of . A matrimonial contest is interrupted by visitors . There successivel y come , Nymphe , two boy * , Phone , and at last a *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1832, page 688, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1822/page/38/