Note 107 — Chapter III · OSSIAN’S INFLUENCE UPON KLOPSTOCK AND THE SO–CALLED BARDS.
Reading edition
The first edition had a chorus in the second scene corresponding to the one cited, except that the last line read: “Wie die Frühlingsluft in der Eiche,” and a stanza by two bards in the third scene beginning: Ihr Sohne Thuiskon’s, der Bardengesang Schweigt von den Schlachten der lang vergangnen Zeit. [107]