Note 8 — VI YOUNG GERMANY

A certain Geheimrath Schulz, of the Berlin "Wednesday Society," addressed the following birthday poem to Goethe: "Ich wollt, ich war ein Fisch—so wohlig und frisch—und ganz ohne Gräten—So war ich für Goethen—gebraten am Tisch—ein köstlicher Fisch."

I would I were a fish—lively and fresh—and without any bones—Then I should be for Goethe—fried for his table—a delicious fish.