Verse romance · 1886

Henry the Leper (Der Arme Heinrich)

A Swabian Miracle-Rhyme

by Hartmann von Aue

Translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (written 1846; published 1886)

Hartmann's tale of a nobleman struck with leprosy and the peasant girl who offers her life for his cure, in Rossetti's rhymed paraphrase.

Contents · 6 parts

• Prologue20 lines
• Part Iabout 210 lines
• Part IIabout 490 lines
• Part IIIabout 430 lines
• Part IVabout 130 lines
• Part Vabout 150 lines

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