Religion
Pains of Hell
Translated by Frank C. Nicholson (1907) · From Old German Love Songs (1907)
Religion
Great distress there is in hell:
Whosoever there doth dwell
Never sees the light of sun,
Neither aid from the moon
Or the shining stars is given.
Nay, all he sees doth vex him sore:
In sooth, he then would gladly be in Heaven!
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Codex Note
Spervogel I
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