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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by WALTHER VON DER VOGELWEIDE Poet's Biography First Line: Under the lime-tree, on the daisied ground Last Line: She, I think, will tell no tale. Subject(s): Admiration | |||
I. UNDER the lime-tree, on the daisied ground, Two that I know of made their bed; There you may see, heaped and scattered round, Grass and blossoms, broken and shed, All in a thicket down in the dale; Tandaradei Sweetly sang the nightingale. II. Ere I set foot in the meadow, already Some one was waiting for somebody; There was a meetingO gracious Lady! There is no pleasure again for me. Thousands of kisses there he took, Tandaradei See my lips, how red they look! III. Leaf and blossom he had pulled and piled For a couch, a green one, soft and high; And many a one hath gazed and smiled, Passing the bower and pressed grass by; And the roses crushed hath seen, Tandaradei Where I laid my head between. IV. In this love passage, if any one had been there, How sad and shamed should I be! But what were we a-doing alone among the green there, No soul shall ever know except my love and me, And the little nightingale. Tandaradei She, I think, will tell no tale. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EYE IN THE ROCK by JOHN HAINES SAN DIEGO AND MATISSE: 1. INSIDE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A TREE by CLARENCE MAJOR SAN DIEGO AND MATISSE: 2. OUTSIDE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A ROCKING... by CLARENCE MAJOR STREAK OF LIGHT by EAMON GRENNAN MARY DONNELLY by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM ON THE ROAD TO CHORRERA by ARLO BATES THE FOREST MAID by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY by GEORGE GORDON BYRON A DREAM OF LOVE, SELECTION by WALTHER VON DER VOGELWEIDE |
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