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Nature

Summer

by Anonymous (Middle High German) c. 1200 (composition of the Nibelungenlied)

Translated by Frank C. Nicholson (1907) · From Old German Love Songs (1907)

Nature

Now grim winter hath left us free.
The summer-tide is lovely to see.
Heath and forest show to me
Clover, flowers, and leaves on the tree.
Never again can our mirth now flee!

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Anonymous (Middle High German). “Summer.” Translated by Frank C. Nicholson. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-middle-high-german/4/.

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Anonymous (Middle High German). “Summer.” Translated by Frank C. Nicholson. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-middle-high-german/4/.

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