Walter von der Vogelweide Similes. Frank J. Wilstach, comp. 1916. A Dictionary of Similes

Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Walter von der Vogelweide


My best years have fled away, like dreams, or like a minstrel’s lay.	1
Time, like the earth with flowers bespread In youthful spring, is dark and Dead when age and cares come on And friends and pleasures are all gone.	2