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drawing . In the tfireedoni aiul solitude of nature he found the hjghea ^ ojoy merit . Sefettrtng himself by a ; strap to the branches af a chefJiy-lrgev in Jiis father' ^^ trcieR ^ he would lie for hours w ? ithi a book iji ; hift h ^ irf , listening to the sorijgj ; of the ; bwte and inhaling the fragrance of floretsg < &nd $ & &jftj > in-r 4
stancetff ht » a **) te sensibility at an early age , he mentions , in ; one of his letters' to hfe futurewife ^ written in 1771 , that * when be was begi ^ nuigjto read Homer , the well-known and beautiful comparison , of the transitorines of human generations with the witheriig of autumnal leaver , inypVuntai ; ily drew tears from his eyes . One of his favourite rambles was along the banks of the Lake of Mohruhgen , a scene to which he pensively alludes i » his lktie
poem , " Drednis of Youth . ' * His earliest religious impressions were derived from the instructions of Willamov , at that time pastor of Mohrungen , and father of the poet , of the same name ; a man for whom Herder conceived the tenderest afifection , and from whose character he borrowed , in one of his subsequent essays , the out-K n es of an ideal portraiture of ^ he Preacher of God , , When Herder had completed his sixteenth year , this amiable clergyman
was succeeded by Sebastian Frederic Treseho , a man of very different spirit , gloomy in his views , and of a melancholy , unsocial temper . He took y <> ung Harder into his service , and employed him in transcribing his ^ rttings for the press . The stern influence of this new spiritual guide was calculated to depress and dishearten the ardent , but timid and ; distrustful mind of Herder * Treseho , as lie himself afterwards acknowledged , mistook the shyness and
reserve of his youthful inmate for want of ability , and , instead of encou r ^ g ing the development of his genius , actually dissuaded him from study , and even tried to induce him to learn some mechanical trade . Herder ' s residence in the house of Treseho was however advantageous to him . ^ e had access to a library , and enjoyed a quiet and a freedom from interruption-foy the pursuit of his studies , which the stir and bustle of his father ' s schopi would scarcely have allowed him at home . Here he became acquainted with the writings of his favourite Kleist , and with several of the older Ger- »
man poets . On entering his chamber late one evening , Treseho found l ) im lying asleep x > n the bed * his candle burning , and the floor covered with a heap of Greek and Latin classics , and various German poets ; and on , being asked next morning whether he understood al ) these books , Herder replied , " that he was endeavouring to undenstand them . " Sometime afterwards Treseho had occasion to send a small piece to , a bookseller in Konig ^ "berg , and commissioned Herder to transcribe the manuscript and see it dispatched * In the course of a day or two the bookseller wrote to Treseho , that he had
received in the packet a spirited little poem , addressed " To Cynis ^ -the grandson of Astya ge ^ , ' which he had immediately printed , and * which h&& obtained the approbation of good judges , arjd that he would nby tliadtk KW to name the authorv It was Herder who acknowledged : his a , uthorsh ^ jvitij ( a blush and a smile . This little piece was the earliest of his productions . It is called the Song of a Captive Israelite , and was written on the ' accession of Peter III . to the Russian throne , chiefly alluding-to his concluston-i ^»• peace with Prussia and his recalling from banishment numenwia exiles » f
Siberta . As the first known effusion of Herder s muse , it is rGmarbobl iy < fori its > adaptation of the language and ims ^ ery of Scripture to a sttbjeitJt Aitirefy ' mbdernl ¦ i >; - ¦¦ ' i ' - ( - - ^«^ - - ^ rii dhh Trescho * has recorded a curious circumstance which occurred ^ some time before this ; though it will be seen that its connexion WtthHerderia doubts ful . Ohfe Sunday afternoon Treseho found a sealed note lying on the coti *
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Life titod Writing * of Herder . 731
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1830, page 731, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2590/page/3/
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