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)

252 TROUBADOURS.

" O thou," she cried, " the world's great King,__

Saviour ! from thee my sorrows spring;
Thy griefs are mine ; since thus for thee
The brave ones of the earth must be
Wanderers in distant climes ;—such is thy high de-
cree.

" For thee my heart's delight goes forth,

The noblest, best, in wit or worth ;

And sorrow only tarries here—

Care, and the ever-flowing tear.

Woe to thee, Louis ! whose command

This anguish for my soul hath plann'd :
Woe to thee, king! who love hast banish'd from the
land!"

I heard; and, as I heard, drew near,
And stood beside that fountain clear :
And, " O fair maid," I cried, " forbear,
Nor mar that face, nor let despair
Thus deep upon thy spirit seize ;
He that can clothe the barren trees
With new-born leaves again, thine anguish can ap-
pease."

" Sir knight, I have not now to learn,"
She said, " how Heaven in love can turn