 I say, I hope to fully dispel the doubt that still arises here and there as to whether there really is a romantic, i.e., specifically modern art: an art that does not follow the model of the Ancient and is nevertheless appreciated as fulfilling the highest principles […], a perfectly achieved art; in other words, I hope to dispel the doubt that there is a poetry that is not merely nationally and temporarily interesting, but universal and eternal. (VLK: III, 7)