Walther von der Vogelweide

Here you will find the Poem Address to Emperor Frederic II. of poet Walther von der Vogelweide

Address to Emperor Frederic II.

Fain (could it be) would I a home obtain,
And warm me by a hearth-side of my own.
Then, then, I'd sing about the sweet birds' strain,
And fields and flowers, as I have whilome done;
And paint in song the lily and the rose
That dwell upon her cheek who smiles on me.
But lone I stray -- no home its comfort shows:
Ah, luckless man! still doom'd a guest to be!