Love
The Snare of the Fowler
Translated by Frank C. Nicholson (1907) · From Old German Love Songs (1907)
Love
Women, even as falcons, full quickly tamed are they!
If ye but lure them rightly, they come to hand straightway.
So was a lovely lady wooed by a gallant knight;
Whene'er I think upon it, my heart is high for delight.
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Kürenberg, Der von. “The Snare of the Fowler.” Translated by Frank C. Nicholson. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/kurenberg/6/.
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Kürenberg, Der von. “The Snare of the Fowler.” Translated by Frank C. Nicholson. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/kurenberg/6/.
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