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But, alack! in his arms the child lay dead!<ref name="Scott"/></poem> | But, alack! in his arms the child lay dead!<ref name="Scott"/></poem> | ||
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<nowiki>*</nowiki>) Though | <nowiki>*</nowiki>) Though ''Hof'' in German can refer to a castle, when it does, it is used like the term "court" in English. (''"bei Hofe":''"at court").''"Hof"'' originally means "yard" (also synonymously used for household, or property). The way that Goethe uses it, it suggests the yard with the connotation of "his own property" as the most likely meaning, not the castle as Sir Walter Scott assumed. | ||
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