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Hertz is one of the first of Danish lyrical poets. His poems are full of colour and passion, his versification has more witch-craft in it than any other poet's of his age, and his style is grace itself. He has all the sensuous fire of
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Young Hertz passed his examination in law in 1825. He lived in the South of France. But his taste was all for literature, and in 1826-1827 two plays of his were produced,
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His lyrical poems appeared in successive collections, dated 1832, 1840 and 1844. From 1858 to 1859 he edited a literary journal entitled
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As a romantic dramatist he is scarcely less original. He has bequeathed to the Danish theatre, in
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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in 1833; he spent the winter there, and returned the following autumn through
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of "The Dreaming Iolanthe" from Henrik Hertz's play
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