Time & Brevity
No Stronger than a Flower
Translated by Frank C. Nicholson (1907) · From Old German Love Songs (1907)
I am one who never yet hath spent
In joy unbroken half a day.
Every joy that e'er to me was sent
Hath left me now and gone its way.
None may here find joy that doth not fade anon
Like the beauty of bright flowers;
These false joys of fleeting hours
No more I'll set my heart upon.
Codex Note
Original first line: Ich bin einer der nie halben tac
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Vogelweide, Walther von der. “No Stronger than a Flower.” Translated by Frank C. Nicholson. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/walther-von-der-vogelweide/6/.
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Vogelweide, Walther von der. “No Stronger than a Flower.” Translated by Frank C. Nicholson. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/walther-von-der-vogelweide/6/.
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