Heredity of the Imagination. 59 



Urahnherr war der Schonsten hold, 



Das spukt so hin und wieder ; 

 Urahn frau liebte Smuck und Gold 

 Das zuckt wohl durch die Glieder. 

 HEINE, Heinrich. 



With him may be mentioned his uncle, Solomon Heine, the 



celebrated German philanthropist 

 HUGO, Victor. Without noticing what he may have derived from 



his father or mother, may be named 

 His two sons, Charles-Victor and Francois- Victor ; 

 His two brothers, both known as literary men, Eugene (died 



1837), and Abel (died 1855). 

 LUCAN. His genealogy is given under the name of SENECA, his 



uncle. 

 MILTON. 



His father was a man of great musical talent, whose songs are 



still known ; 



His brother, a judge, also took part in political life. 

 MUSSET, Alfred de. His talent is to some extent reproduced in 



His brother Paul, novelist. 

 RACINE. 



His son Louis, a ' good verse-maker.' 



SCHILLER, like 'Burns, seems to have derived his extreme sensitive- 

 ness from his mother, who was a very extraordinary woman. 

 SOPHOCLES. Part of his tragic genius lived in 



His son lophon, of whom Aristophanes had a high opinion ; 

 His grandson, Sophocles the younger, twelve times crowned. 

 TASSO, Torquato, who wrote his first poem, Rinaldo, at the age 



of seventeen, received his talent from 

 His father, Bernardo, a poet of merit, author of the Amadis, 



and from 



His mother, Parzia di Rossi, a remarkable woman. 

 VEGA, Lope de, after a long life of adventure, died a priest. By 



Marcela he had 



A natural son, who, at fourteen, had already gained some dis- 

 tinction as a poet As fond of adventure as his father, he 

 died young in battle. 

 WORDSWORTH, poet and metaphysician; 

 His brother, an ecclesiastical writer ; 



