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[44] In _H. Heines Leben und Werke_. Hamburg, 1884 (3d ed.),
Bd. I. p. 363. In the notes, Strodtmann reprints Loeben's ballad,
pp. 696-97. His statement is especially unsatisfactory in view of
the fact that he refers to the "fast gleicher Inhalt," though the
essentials of Heine's ballad are not in Loeben's, and to
"einegewisse AEhnlichkeit in Form," though the similarity in form
is most pronounced.
[45] In _Allgemeine deut. Biog_., XIX. 44. It is interesting to
see how Professor Muncker lays stress on this matter by placing in
parentheses the statement: "Einige ZUege der letzten Geschichte
["Sage vom Rhein"] regten Heine zu seinem bekannten Liede an."
[46] In _Dichtungen von Heinrich Heine, ausgewAehlt und
erlAeutert_, Bonn, 1887, p. 326. Hessel's Statement is
peculiarly unsatisfactory, since he says (p. 309) that he is going
to the sources of Heine's poems, and then, after reprinting
Loeben's ballad, he says: "Dieses Lied war Heines nAechstes
Vorbild. AusfUehrlicheres bei Strodtmann, Bd. I, S. 362." And this
edition has been well received.
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