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Nelle Scuole d'Amor che non s'apprende?

by Reinmar von Zweter c. 1200 – c. 1260

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

Arts & Sciences

No schools of ours are good for aught,
Except that school alone in which we see Love's pupils taught.
Needs must we grant the palm to that, of such fair lessons is it full.
Its rod can tame the rudest boor,
So that he understands what he ne'er heard or saw before.
Where else hath any man beheld or heard of such a goodly school?
Love teaches us fair courtesy to render;
Love teaches store of sweet discourse and tender;
Love teaches bounty all unsparing;
Love teaches valiancy of heart;
Love teaches youths to play their part
And in the lists to show a knightly bearing.

MLA

Zweter, Reinmar von. “Nelle Scuole d'Amor che non s'apprende?” Translated by Frank C. Nicholson. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/reinmar-von-zweter/1/.

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Zweter, Reinmar von. “Nelle Scuole d'Amor che non s'apprende?” Translated by Frank C. Nicholson. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/reinmar-von-zweter/1/.

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