. Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern. schlager withsincere admiration, and when the (Aladdin of that poet appeared,Baggesen sent him his rhymed letter From Nureddin-Baggesen toAladdin-Oehlenschlager. > Baggesen was the son of poor people, and strangers helped himto his scientific education. When his first works were recognized hebecame the friend and protege of the Duke of Augustenborg, whoprovided him with the means for an extended journey through theContinent, during which he met the greatest men of his time. TheDuke of Augustenborg meanwhile secured him several po
. Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern. schlager withsincere admiration, and when the (Aladdin of that poet appeared,Baggesen sent him his rhymed letter From Nureddin-Baggesen toAladdin-Oehlenschlager. > Baggesen was the son of poor people, and strangers helped himto his scientific education. When his first works were recognized hebecame the friend and protege of the Duke of Augustenborg, whoprovided him with the means for an extended journey through theContinent, during which he met the greatest men of his time. TheDuke of Augustenborg meanwhile secured him several positions,which could not hold him for any length of time, nor keep him athome in Denmark. He went abroad a second time to study peda-gogics, literature, and philosophy, came home again, wandered forthonce more, returned a widower, was for some time director of theNational Theatre in Copenhagen; but found no rest, married again,and in 1800 went to France to live. Eleven years later he was pro-fessor in Kiel, returning thence to Copenhagen, where meanwhile his. Jens Baggesen I236 JENS BAGGESEN fame had been eclipsed by the genius of Oehlenschlager. Secure inthe knowledge of his powers, Oehlenschlager had carelessly publishedtwo or three dramatic poems not worthy of his pen, and Baggesenentered on a violent controversy with him in which he stood practi-cally by himself against the entire reading public, whose sympathieswere with Oehlenschlager. Alone and misunderstood, restless andunhappy, he left Denmark in 1820, never to return. Six years laterhe died, longing to see his country again, but unable to reach it. His first poetry was published in 1785, a volume of Comic Tales,which made its mark at once. The following year appeared in quicksuccession satires, rhymed epistles, and elegies, which, adding to hisfame, added also to the purposeless ferment and unrest which hadtaken possession of him. He considered tragedy his proper field, yethad allowed himself to appear as humorist and
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