(A Sacrifice) in 1853, and Den yngste (The Youngest) in 1854. His lyrical poems appeared in successive collections, dated 1832, 1840 and 1844. From 1858 to 1859 he edited a literary journal entitled Ugentlige Blader (Weekly Pages). His last drama, Tre Dage i Padua (Three Days in Padua), was produced in 1869, and he died on the 25th of February of the next year. 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 Keats without his proclivity to the antique. As a romantic dramatist he is scarcely less original. He has bequeathed to the Danish theatre, in Svend Dyrings Huus and King René's Datter, two pieces which have become classic. He is a troubadour by instinct; he has little or nothing of Scandinavian local colouring, and succeeds best when he is describing the scenery or the emotions of the glowing south. His Dramatic Works (18 vols) were published at Copenhagen in 1854-1873; and his Poems (4 vols) in 1851–1862. References External links Danish male poets Danish male dramatists and playwrights Jewish Danish writers Jewish poets People from Copenhagen 1797 births 1870 deaths 19th-century Danish poets 19th-century Danish dramatists and playwrights 19th-century male writers