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"'Conrad von der Rosen, my fool, what is that noise of breaking and
cracking outside there?'
"'Hush! that is the saw and the carpenter's axe, and soon the doors of
thy prison will be burst open, and thou wilt be free, my Kaiser!'
"'Am I then really Kaiser? Ah, I forgot, it is the fool who tells me
so!'
"'Oh, sigh not, my dear master, the air of thy prison makes thee so
desponding! when once thou hast got thy rights again, thou wilt feel
once more the bold imperial blood in thy veins, and thou wilt be proud
like a Kaiser, and violent, and gracious, and unjust, and smiling, and
ungrateful, as princes are.'
"'Conrad von der Rosen, my fool, when I am free, what wilt thou do
then?'
"'I will then sew new bells on to my cap.'
"'And how shall I recompense thy fidelity?'
"'Ah, dear master, by not leaving me to die in a ditch!'"[148]
I wish to mark Heine's place in modern European literature, the scope of
his activity, and his value. I cannot attempt to give here a detailed
account of his life, or a description of his separate works.


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