Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Germany: Vols. XVII–XVIII. 1876–79.
Tegernsee
By Walther von der Vogelweide (c. 1170–c. 1230)Translated by A. E. Kroeger
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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,
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.