Taylor, Edgar [Editor]; Austin, Sarah [Editor]: 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)

WALTER VOGELWE1DE. 207

Then forth I went, and wander'd far

The wide green meadow o'er ;
Where cool and clear the fountain play'd,

There stray'd I in that hour.

Roaming on, the nightingale

Sang sweetly in my ear ;
And by the greenwood's shady side,

A dream came to me there ;
Fast by the fountain, where bright flowers

Of sparkling hue we see,
Close shelter'd from the summer heat,

That vision came to me.

All care was banish'd, and repose

Came o'er my wearied breast;
And kingdoms seem'd to wait on me,

For I was with the blest.

Yet, while it seem'd as if away

My spirit soar'd on high,
And in the boundless joys of heaven

Was wrapt in ecstasy,
E'en then, my body revel'd still

In earth's festivity;
And surely never was a dream

So sweet as this to me.