Love
Constant Love
Translated by Frank C. Nicholson (1907) · From Old German Love Songs (1907)
I am fain of a lady; right well do I know wherefore.
Since I began to serve her, she still hath pleased me more and more.
Dearer and ever dearer even with every day is she,
Fairer and ever fairer, and well, in sooth, she pleaseth me.
She is rich in all honour, high of worth, and sweet and true.
If I died in her service
And came to life thereafter, once more that lady I should woo!
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Sevelingen, Meinloh von. “Constant Love.” Translated by Frank C. Nicholson. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/meinloh-von-sevelingen/0/.
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Sevelingen, Meinloh von. “Constant Love.” Translated by Frank C. Nicholson. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/meinloh-von-sevelingen/0/.
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