But before you set out WRITE to Wagner (you
can add my lines to your letter extra), and inquire whether he
will be staying at Lucerne still, so that your Swiss pilgrimage
may not be in vain. - You will be certain to get an answer from
Wagner by return of post, and will thus be sure of your object.
Schuberth tells me that "King Helge" will ride into his shop
almost immediately...to Sigrun, the ever blooming delicious
sorrow! - How scornfully, "without greeting or thanks," will "King
Helge" look down upon all the other wares in Schuberth's shop.
Somewhat as the hippopotamus looks on toads and frogs. - But it is
quite right to let the Ballade come out, and I am impatiently
awaiting my copy. - [Liszt subsequently formed out of Draseke's
song the melodrama of the same name.]
I hope it may be possible for me to come to Lucerne at the end of
August. But send some tidings of yourself before then to
Your sincere and faithful
F. Liszt
[Weimar,] July 19th, 1859
216. To Peter Cornelius in Vienna
Dearest Friend,
You are quite right in setting store upon the choice and putting
together of the three Sonatas. The idea is an excellent one, and
you may rest assured of my readiness to help in the realization
of your intention as well as of my silence until it is quite a
settled thing.
