SPECIMENS OF THE GERMAN BALLAD.NO. 1.
The ballad has nowhere been so completely naturalized as in Germany. The German ballads are not, like the most of our own, mere imitations of the rude songs and traditions of antiquity. They combine in a wonderful degree the polish and refinement peculiar to an advanced state of civilization with the simplicity and nature of the older fragments of popular tradition. Almost all the great poets of Germany have occasionally descended from the severer labours of more elaborate composition to the delassement of ballad-writing; and the consequence is that Germany is at this moment richer in this species of literature than all the rest of Europe (Spain excepted) put together.
We intend to present a few of these in an English dress, and shall begin with Goethe. This wonderful man, who has run through almost every department of science and literature, has displayed the same preeminence in the light and gay strains of the ballad, as in the magnificent creations of Faust and Tasso. Some of his ballads, such as Die Braut von Corinthus, are distinguished by a solemn supernatural effect; others, such as Die Spinnerinn, Der Müllerin Verrath, and Der Müllerinn Riche, by an exquisite archness and naiveté, and all of them by a captivating simplicity of language, which while it increases very much the effect of the original, presents a very formidable difficulty to the translator. That we have subjoined is versified nearly as literally as the differences of the language will permit.
THE FISHER.
From the German of Goethe.
THE water roll'd-the water swell'd,
A fisher sat beside;
Calmly his patient watch he held
Beside the freshening tide:
And while his patient watch he keeps, The parted waters rose,
And from the oozy ocean-deeps
A water-maiden rose.
She spake to him, she sang to him—
Why lur'st thou so my brood,
With cunning art and cruel heart,
From out their native flood?
Ah! couldst thou know, how here below
Our peaceful lives glide o'er,
Thou 'dst leave thine earth and plunge beneath
To seek our happier shore.
Bathes not the golden sun his face,
The moon too in the sea;
And rise they not from their resting-place
More beautiful to see?
And lures thee not the clear deep heaven Within the waters blue,-
And thy form so fair, so mirror'd there
In that eternal dew?"
The water roll'd-the water swell'd, It reach'd his naked feet;
He felt as at his Love's approach
His bounding bosom beat;
She spake to him, she sang to him,
His short suspense is o'er ;
Half drew she him, half dropp'd he in,
And sank to rise no more.
ABSENTEEISM, No. II. 43-No. III. 162. Adieu, the, 398. Advisers, 12.
And I too in Arcadia, 238. Anthology, Specimens of a Timbuctoo,
Arcadi, account of the, 490.
Art, British Galleries of, No. XII. 177— XIII. 473-XIV, 567.
Ashantees, review of Dupuis upon the, 378.
Austria v. Lord Holland and the Ladies, 261.
Authoresses and Autographs, No. I. 217 -II. 317. Autobiography of Theobald Wolf Tone,
1-his birth, ib.-enters Trinity Col- lege, 3-marries, 4-his house robbed, 5-South-Sea plan, 7-connexions with the Whig Club, 9-his pamphlet respecting Ireland, 11-continued, 336 -his friendships, ib.-memorial to the Duke of Richmond, 337-political club, 338-Emmet, 339-effect of Burke's invective, 341-state of Irish parties, ib.-Irish committee, 343- publishes a pamphlet, 346-continued, 417-dispute with Irish House of Commons, 418-united Irishmen, 419 -petition of, 420-is made secretary of the committee, 421-repulses an attack of footpads, 423-continued, 537-attacks made upon the society, ib." Northern Star" established at Belfast, 538-communication of de- struction of Bastile, ib.-exiles him- self to America, 539-embarks at Belfast, 540-tyrannical conduct of three British frigates, 541-arrival at Philadelphia, 542-purchases an es- tate, 543-sails for France, 545-tried illegally, 546-interference of the civil power, 547-destroys himself, il- his surviving family, 548.
Bachelor outwitted, the, 104. Bar and its Logic, the, 74-want of liberality of mind in the majority of legal men, 75-anomalies in the law, ib.drudgery in the study of, 76- traits in the character of, 77- -use of
all law, ib.-fond of going out of their own line, 78-bad reasoning of in the senate, 78, 79-the complexity of study for, to be much deplored, 79. Bar, Irish, Sketches of, 385. Bartolini the sculptor, account of, 231 -statue of Napoleon, ib.-his Venus, 233-his busts, 235-of Napoleon, of Fox and Byron, 236-of Machia- velli, 237.
Beauty's Victory, 267.
Bride, the, a sonnet, 316. Bridge-street, Blackfriars, 449.
Brighton, the Pleasures of, a new song, 225.
British Galleries of Art, 177, 473. 567. Museum, sculptures in the,
473. 567. Broken Vows, 434.
Byron to the Countess Guiccioli, 414.
Campbell, (T.) Reullura, by, 297. Canadian Emigrant, the, No. I. 500. Canzonetta from the Italian, 21. Characteristic Epistles, No. I. 65-II. 209-III. 352-IV. 528. Charity, lines to, 504.
Cities of the Plain, the, 374. Clarke, Life and Remains of, reviewed, 81.
Colman (George) Epistle to, 554. Colonial Press, the, 442-bad system of rule in the colonies, ib.-no real re- medy for wrong inflicted in them, 443 -oppressive conduct at the Cape and in India towards the press, 445-opi- nion of Lord Hastings respecting, 445 -character of a colonial journal, 447. Conde Lucanor, tale from, 97. Conversations of Lord Byron reviewed, 407.
Crescembeni and the Arcadi, 490. Crusaders return, 536.
Dean of Santiago, the, 97.
Della Genga, account of the cardinal, 467.
Diary, Extracts from my Aunt Martha's, 286.
Dictionary, Specimens of a Patent Poc- ket, 312. 451.496.
Dinner in the Steam-boat, 257. Dupuis upon the Ashantees, 378.
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Ear-rings, lines on a pair, 208. East, Letters from the, No. VI. 130- voyage to Thebes by Miniet, Mon- falut, Girgé, &c. 131- -a Turkish barber, 132-the Temple of Tentyra, 133-a funeral, 134-Luxor, 135- Suleiman Aga, ib.-Thebes, 136. -VII. 243-ruins of Medinet Abou, 243-Etfu, 244-Essouan, 245-the Isle of Philo, ib.-visit to the tombs of the kings, 247-a picture of the Arabs, 249.-VIII. Grand Cairo, 305 -slaves, 306-tomb of Burckhardt, 307-tales of the country, 308-pri- vileges of physicians, 309-baths, 310 -IX. 428-Mount Sinai, ib.-journey to, 428-Valley of Paran, 429-mag- nificence of mountains around Sinai, 431-Greek convent, 432-Mount St. Catharine, 433-X. Mount Sinai con- tinued, 508 Greek convent and monk, ib.-ascent of Mount St. Ca- therine, 510-Rock of Meribah, ib.- writer made prisoner by the Arabs, 511-reach their camp, 513-attack of the Arabs on the convent, 514. Eldon (Lord), his character, 17. Emperor, proclamation of one, 256. Enfranchised, the, or Butterfly's first flight, 186. Epigram, 393.
Epistle to B. F. Esq. 358.
Epistle to George Colman, Esq. 554. Epistles, Characteristic, 65. 209. 352. 528.
Grimm's Ghost, Letter XVIII. 12—XIX. 107-XX. 369-XXI. 562.
Hebdomadary of Mr. Snooks the grocer, 436.
Horrors for November, 424. How to be a Gentleman, 462. Hypocrisy, 301.
Ianthe sleeping, lines to, 242. Indian Anecdotes, 276. Indigo, Letter from Miss, at Worthing, 332.
Irish Bar, Sketches of, No. IX. Mr. North, 385.
Italian Improvisatori, account of the principal, 193, 194-Marone, Querno, ib-conduct of Leo X. towards, 195— Brondolini, 198-Antoniano, ib. 199 -Perfetti, 199-ladies distinguished for improvisation, 201.
Laus Atramenti, 416. Letters-On Timbuctoo Anthology, 121 -from the East, No. VI. 130—VII. 243-VIII. 305-IX. 428-X. 509- Characteristic, 65. 209. 352. 528 from Miss Indigo, at Worthing, 332- to Country Cousins, 360-from Rome, 269. 467-Letter to the Deputy Li- censer of Plays, 554.
Life in London, 226. London Lyrics, 208. 449.
Love among the Law Books, 107. Love's Labour Lost, 517.
Mahomet, lines respecting, 137. Maid of Orkney, the, 454. Man with the Head, the, 155. May, a sonnet, 322. Message, the, 406. Midshipman's Song, 347.
Miniature, lines on accidentally possess- ing one, 73.
Misfortune, from Lucian, 249.
Moor's Prophecy, the, 112.
Mount Sinai, visit to, 428. 509. My first-born smiling, lines to, 466.
National Museum and its Effects, 399- fashion often the cause of forming a gallery of paintings, 393-hint for adding to that of the nation, 400-the necessity of infusing a feeling for art into the public mind, ib.-time of high art in Italy, 401-effects of a general love of it, 402-students must not be too enthusiastic, 403-the pub- lic the true patrons of British art, 404. North, (Mr.) his forensic and personal character, 385-account of his debut
in life, 385, 386-excellencies as an orator, 387-sensitiveness and want of energy of character, 388-his forte not the bold and impetuous in charac- ter, 389-his person, 390-men re- commended to him as examples, 391 -his conduct at the Bar, 392, 393. O
Ode to the Yacht of a great civic charac- ter, 203.
Ode, fragments of a projected, 489.
Paternoster-row, proposals for setting fire to, 205.
Penitentiaries for the Polite, 323. Pestalozzi, an account of, 289-Swit- zerland, 289-want of a national language in, 291-conduct of the French in, 292-character of Pesta- lozzi, 294, 295-errors in his method of proceeding, 295-institute for young women, 296, 297.
Petrarca, sonnet from, 480. Physic for the Mind, 394. Physician, the, No. XIV. the diseases of the dog-days, 250-XV. of the dis- eases caused by dry heat, 445. Picture, lines so entitled, 124. Pinchbeck, Mr. Joshua, 369. Plague, on the, 113-symptoms of, 114 Mr. Tully on, 115-Dr. Maclean
upon, 115-separation in cases of, ib. -contagious or non-contagious, 117 -measures of prevention, 119. Poetry-the wind, 11-vassals lament
for the fallen tree, 16-the rose, 21- canzonetta from the Italian, ib.—Tim- buctoo ode, 25-ditto elegy, 26-ditto epigrams, 27, 28-sonnet, 35-Ge- raldine, 42-the Swedish miner, 55 -return of the Indians to Niagara, 64 -lines on accidentally possessing and returning Miss B's miniature, 73 -Troubadour songs, 80. 216-Bache- lor outwitted, 104-the Moor's Pro- phecy, 112-flowers, 121-picture, 124-to a wind, 129-Mahomet, 137 the dream of Demos, 144-Iotis dying, 144-Skyllodemos, 144-Constantine, 145-Olympus, 146-Gyphtakis, 146 -the Cavern of the three Tells, 148 -the enfranchised, or butterfly's first flight, 186-ode to the yacht of a great civic character, 203—a pair of ear- rings, 208-the captive knight, 216- the pleasures of Brighton, 225-the false alarm,230—And I too in Arcadia, 238-Ianthe sleeping, lines to, 242- misfortune, 249-proclamation of an emperor, 256-all I wish, 260- beauty's victory, 267-Reullura, by T. Campbell, 297-projects and com- panies, 310-sonnet, the bride, 316– ditto, May, 322-ditto, the shepherd
boy, il-Valentine, 327. 549-mid- shipman's song, 347-to Greece, 351- epistle to B. F. Esq. 358-the revellers, 368-the cities of the plain, 374- epigrams, 393-the adieu, 398-the village child, 405-the message, 406 -Lord Byron to the Countess Guic- cioli, 414-Laus Atramenti, or the praise of blacking, 416-the harp of tears, 423-spring, 427-broken vows, 434-stanzas, 440-London Lyrics- Bridge-street, Blackfriars, 449-the maid of Orkney, 454-a Grecian dream, 461-my first-born smiling, 466-a summer morning, 472-son- net from Petrarca, 480-fragment of a projected ode, 489-the wassailers, 495-stanzas, 499-charity, 504- lines on the capture of the Esmiralda, 515-the crusader's return, 536-the bended bow, 561-Homer on the banks of the Scamander, 565-sonnet, 575-specimens of the German ballad, 576-the fisher, ib.
Pope Pius VI. an account of, 467-Abbé della Genga, ib.-the new pope, 468
Projects and companies, 310. Puppet-shows, Roman, account of, 269.
Reminiscences of a Lover, 36.
Return of the Indians to Niagara, 64. Revellers, the, 368.
Reviews of Remains of Dr. Clarke, 81- of Redgauntlet, 93-Dupuis on the Ashantees, 378-Lord Byron's Con- versations, 407.
Reullura, by T. Campbell, 297. Roman puppet-shows, 269.
Rome, letters from, No. I. 269-II. 467.
Rose, lines to the, 21.
Rosedale and its Tenants, 521.
Santiago, the dean of, a tale, 97. Sculpture in the British Museum, 473. Shepherd-boy, the, a sonnet, 322. Sketches of India, No. I. appearance to an European stranger, 56-ill policy of East India company's government, 57-native courts and state of, 58- Lucnow and buildings, 59. 60-the Baruh Durree, 61-menagerie, ib.— elephant fights, 62, 63.
Sketches of the Irish Bar, No. IX. 385. Snooks, the grocer, hebdomadary of, 436. Society for the propagation of Gentility, 562.
Songs-Troubadour, 80. 216-of the modern Greeks, 139-the pleasures of Brighton, 225-midshipman's, 347- Laus atramenti, a new song, 416. Sonnets, 35. 316. 322-ib. 351. 405. 427. 472.480.575.
Spanish Theatre, account of the modern,
Specimens of a Patent Pocket Dictionary, No. 1, 312-II. 451-III. 496. Spectre unmasked, the, 481.
Spirits of the Age, No. V. Lord Eldon, 17.
Spring, lines to, 427. Stanzas, 440. 499.
Steam-boat, dinner in a, 257. Studies in Spanish History, No. II. 28— early love of letters in Spain, ib.— learning of its monarchs, 29, 30- history of Don Rodrigo el Franco, 31 -the three faithful knights, 32-con- duct of Pero Nunez, 33-conjugal love of the wife of, 34. Studios in Rome, 125.
Summer Morning, a sonnet, 472. Swedish Miner, the, 55.
Tears, the Harp of, 423.
Tells, the cavern of the three, 148. Theatre, the Modern Spanish, No. III. 87 of the unities, ib.-Lucian Co- mella and his works, 88-Moratin the
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"bipes implumis," read "bipes implume.” last but one, for "keart," read "heart."
In Absenteeism, No I. page 483, Vol. X. last note but one, for "Irish robbers," read" Irish hoblers;" page 487, line 33, for "state," read "stale."
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