Nature
The Nightingale
Translated by Frank C. Nicholson (1907) · From Old German Love Songs (1907)
Nature
So sweetly sang the nightingale,
That we should thank her without fail
And other little birds, I ween.
I thought upon my lady then,—
My lady, who is my heart's queen.
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Anonymous (Middle High German). “The Nightingale.” Translated by Frank C. Nicholson. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-middle-high-german/3/.
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Anonymous (Middle High German). “The Nightingale.” Translated by Frank C. Nicholson. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-middle-high-german/3/.
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