Ilande a Tale of the Duchy of Luxembourg And Other Poems
Ilande a Tale of the Duchy of Luxembourg And Other Poems
Carl Czerny
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When some poor friar who wended there, His scanty dole of alms to share, 460 Had cross'd his track, and with bended knee, Moan'd forth his benedicite, The horseman, starting, turn'd him round, He cast a kruitzer on the ground, And thus he stopp'd the old man's way: — Ifi. ") " Stay, holy father, pause and say, " Wherefore those sounds of revelry ? " Why gleams that light at the fall of night? " Why ring those peals so merrily ? " Why gather those guests ?" — " In Vianden's tower, " Sir Knight, ..." he replied, " at the even tide, 471 " Young Albert of Metternich woos his bride; " And this night, 'tis said, at the midnight hour, " He wins the fair but reluctant hand " Of the true and the heart-broken Iolande: 475 " And he long has tried, but the suit she denied, IOLANDK. 29 " For a braver her heart had won ; " But that knight is afar to the holy war, " With Godfrey de Bouillon gone; " And for long, 'tis said, he has join'd the dead, 480 " And long did the maiden pine ; " And oft she sought if the pilgrim brought " Her tidings from Palestine : " Though no tidings came, yet the maiden's flame " Was faithful and constant still ; 485 " But to-night she is wed, like a victim led " By her haughty father's will : " God speed thee, Sir Knight, if thou journey'st there, " For already the guests for the feast prepare" — He said, and he wended on.
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