[14] Cf. Kosch's edition of Eichendorff. XIII. 65. Loeben says: "In
Weimar war ich im vorigen Winter bei Goethe; er war mir
freundlich." The "previous winter" was 1813.
[15] Cf. Kosch's edition, XI, 220. The remark was made in 1807.
[16] Cf. Pissin. p. 25. The incident occurred in 1803 and Herder died
in 1804.
[17] Cf. Kosch's edition, XI, 308. Lochen himself utterly condemned
this work later. See Pissin, pp. 238-39, 267-08. Pissin gives the
number of verse and strophe forms on p. 266.
[18] Cf. Pissin, p. 267. Uhland made the remark in 1812--his own most
fruitful year as a poet.
[19] The story was published in 1817. The full title is _Das weisse
Ross, eine altdeutsche Familienchronik in sechs und dreissig
Bildern._ It is 160 pages long.
[20] An idea as to the lack of action in this story can be derived
from the following statement by Otto (pp. 127-28), the brave hero:
"Was man Schicksale zu nennen pflegt, habe ich wenige gehabt, aber
erfahren habe ich dennoch viel und mehr als mancher durch seine
glAenzenden Schicksale erfahren mag: nAemlich die FUehrungen der
ewigen Liebe habe ich erfahren, die keinen verlAesst.
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