Living
Testament
Translated by Frank C. Nicholson (1907) · From Old German Love Songs (1907)
Living
I tell you this, dear sons of mine,
For you there grows not corn nor wine;
You must not think to get from me
Lands to own or hold in fee.
Now speed you God in Heaven
And give you grace and happiness!
To Frut of Denmark fortune fair was given.
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Codex Note
Spervogel I
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