Living
The Hedgehog
Translated by Frank C. Nicholson (1907) · From Old German Love Songs (1907)
Living
What the hedgehog said is known:
"There's nought like quarters of one's own."
Kerling, build a house and store
All thy gear within the door!
The lords are all grown greedy.
Whoever has not hearth and home,
How often is he hard bestead and needy!
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Codex Note
Spervogel I
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