Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Germany: Vols. XVII–XVIII. 1876–79. | | | | Tegernsee | | Tegernsee | | Walther von der Vogelweide (c. 1170–c. 1230) |
| | Translated by A. E. Kroeger
THEY told me much of Tegernsee: | |
| How great its hospitality. | |
| Then turned I more than one mile from the highway. | |
| —Truly I am a curious man, | |
| That I myself so little plan, | 5 |
| And far too much let other people dictate my way. | |
| —I ’ll scold them not; God bless and make us better! | |
| They gave me water. | |
| Thus, foolish plotter, | |
| I turned from the Monk’s table simply wetter. | 10 | | | |
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