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Title: Lays of the Minnesingers or German troubadours of the Twelfth and thirteenth Centuries illustrated by specimens of the contemporary lyric poetry of Provence and other parts of Europe: with historical and critical notices, and engravings from the MS. of the Minnesingers in the King's Library at Paris, and from other sources
Year: 1825 (1820s)
Authors: (Taylor, Edgar)
Subjects: Minnesingers
Publisher: London, Longman
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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e wol,Das ich mit suezer ougenweide Wol von schulden troesten sol;So han ich fur senenden muotTrost deheinen,Wan den einenDas min vrouwe ist guot. In the woods and meadows green,May shines forth so pleasantly,That the lovely prospect there Joy enough might bring to me:But I covet for my mindSolace none,Save this alone,That my lady should be kind. 186 MINNESINGERS. Happy, whom the song of birds Gladdens, and the bloom of MayHe may take his fill of each,Freely revel, and be gay :He may take his choice of joy ;Flowrs fresh springing.Birds sweet singing,All in loveliest harmony ! Me my ladys favour glads More than flowrets red or fair ;Song I want not, for her grace Frees me from each pining care.Well then may her noble smilePleasure give.Pain relieve.And my heart of grief beguile. WATCHSONGS. The Minnesingers were fond of a species of bal-kd called wachterlieder or watchsongs, many ofwhich possess great sprightliness and beauty of de-scription, and show clearly that these minstrels might
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Mem XilUT-OTLT TSDW BMV)E.N. WATCH SONGS. 187 Imve been eminently successful in narrative ballads,if they had cultivated that class of composition. Thewatchsongs generally begin with a parley betweenthe sentinel or watch of the castle, and the love-stricken knight who seeks a stolen interview withhis lady. The parties linger in taking leave ; thesentinel is commonly again introduced to warn themof the signs of approaching morn, and a tender part-ing ensues. Two specimens are subjoined, both ofwhich are anonymous. The excellent translation ofthe second is, with two or three trifling alterations,borrowed from the Illustrations of Northern Anti-quities ; it woiUd be difficult for any one to executea better. There are pieces of a somewhat similar cha-racter among the Troubadours, and called by themalbas or aubades; the following is one of the best,and is perhaps as well to be given in the original only.M. Raynouard does not name its author. En un vergier, sotz fuelha d albespi,Tenc la dom

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