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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ORACLE, by WALTHER VON DER VOGELWEIDE Poet's Biography First Line: Beset with doubts, in agony Last Line: So I am happy; only--faith is needed! | |||
Beset with doubts, in agony I sat quite long alone and thought How from her service I might be free, Until a comfort gladness brought. This thing a comfort I can hardly call, 'Tis scarce a baby comfort--oh, so small! And if I tell you, you'll be mocking me: Yet without cause no one can happy be. A little stalk has made me glad to-day; It promised happiness I never knew: I measured with a stalk of straw in play, As I had often seen the children do. Now listen, if her heart my love has heeded: "She loves--loves not--she loves!" Which way my hands would bend, "She loves me!" always was the end. So I am happy; only--faith is needed! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A DREAM OF LOVE, SELECTION by WALTHER VON DER VOGELWEIDE AWAKE! by WALTHER VON DER VOGELWEIDE LONGING FOR SPRING by WALTHER VON DER VOGELWEIDE TANDARADEI by WALTHER VON DER VOGELWEIDE A BANJO SONG by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON HALLOWED GROUND by THOMAS CAMPBELL A SONG OF PANAMA by ALFRED DAMON RUNYON FAREWELL TO ARRAS by ADAM DE LA HALLE THE TEMPTATION OF OUR LORD: BALEUS PROLOCUTOR by JOHN BALE |
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