Achim von Arnim’s satirical poem was not published during his lifetime. Probably written in 1802, it shows that the author was familiar with the writings of the early Romantics but viewed them with a certain scepticism. The text is a literary response to Friedrich Schlegel’s novel Lucinde. It mockingly refers to the heroine as a “priestess at the tribunal of love”. When an enamoured “young man” asks her for advice but cannot remunerate her for it, her initial impulse is to turn him away. Ultimately, however, she fulfils her role as a priestess and takes up his case. Arnim’s reference to the hero’s pennilessness is an allusion to Friedrich Schlegel’s chronic lack of funds.