Taylor, Edgar [Hrsg.]; Austin, Sarah [Hrsg.]: Lays of the minnesingers or German troubadours of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries: Illustr. by specimens of the contemporary lyric poetry of Provence and other parts of Europe ; With histor. and crit. notes, and engravings from the ms. of the minnesingers in the king's library at Paris, and from other sources (London, 1825)

ULKICH OF LIECHTENSTEIN. 179

Didst thou feel the power of love,
Then would those fair lips unclose,
And be taught in sighs to move."

" What is love, then, good sir knight ?
Is it man or woman ? say ;
Tell me, if I know it not,

How it comes to pass, I pray.

Thou should'st tell me all its story,
Whence, and where, it Cometh here,
That my heart may yet be wary."

" Lady, love so mighty is,

All things living to her bow;
Various is her power, but I

Will tell thee what of her I know.
Love is good, and love is ill,
Joy and woe she can bestow,
Spreading life and spirit still."

" Can love banish, courteous knight,
Pining grief and wasting woe ?
Pour gay spirits on the heart,
Polish, grace, and ease bestow ?
If in her these powers may meet,
Great is she, and thus shall be
Her praise and honour great."
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