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Category: 19th century

To Sibylle Mertens

Post author By ikonoklastin
Post date 2. Aug 2019

An Sibylle Mertens. This poem was written by Adele Schopenhauer in Weimar in 1829. It was addressed to Sibylle Mertens-Schaaffhausen, a friend and lover of hers with whom she remained until her death.

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19th century

The Feet in the Fire

Post author By ikonoklastin
Post date 30. Jul 2019

Illustration of the persecution of the Huguenots in France in the 16th century

Die Füße im Feuer. This ballad was written by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer and published in 1882. It is set in France during the days of religious persecution and depicts personal guilt in the form of psychological horror.