From Levin Schücking Elvira received three lines dated from Rome:
The Lord give thee a time of stillness, warm air, and a quiet heart.
The next leaf bears inscriptions from three Vienna authors:
_Wenn du dem toten Buchstaben trauest_
If you trust in the lifeless letter,
Then, dear girl, most wrong are you.
In the eye is the sole true language,
In the heart the key thereto.
Dr. I. F. Castelli
_Um zweierlei bin ich bemüht_
Two things have been worth effort in my eyes—
God often sends them both in my life’s span:
That he who knows me not my song should prize,
And he who knows me should esteem the man.
Joseph Weilen
_Sei Dichterin in der Welt der Poesie_
Be poetess in the world of poesy,
But never poetess in life’s practice be.
’Tis fine when thy rich mind the world bewitches,
Yet finer when thy heart a heart enriches.
Leopold Feldmann
Now a bit of starry sky, sent by the world-renowned director of the
observatory at Dorpat:
1925
Feb. 15.
True orbit of the
double star
S Virginis,
calculated by J. H. Mädler.
Principal star
1836
April 11.
Dorpat, in January 1862
All that is great, and all
that is beautiful, is truly great and
beautiful only by being felt
in perceptive hearts.
J. H. Mädler
Once more a letter from Schiller’s daughter: