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)

180 MINNESINGERS.

" Lady, I will say yet more;

Lovely are her gifts, her hand
Joy bestows, and honour too ;

The virtues come at her command,
Joys of sight and joys of heart
She bestows, as she may choose,
And splendid fortune doth impart."

" How shall I obtain, sir knight,
All these gifts of lady love ?
Must I bear a load of care ?

Much too weak my frame would prove.
Grief and care I cannot bear ;
Can I then the boon obtain;
Tell me, sir knight, then, how and where."

" Lady, thou should'st think of me
As I of thee think,—heartily.
Thus shall we together blend
Firm in love's sweet harmony,
Thou still mine, I still thine."

" It cannot be, sir knight, with me ;
Be your own, I '11 still be mine."