Excerpt From Dialogue With 'The World'

Walther von der Vogelweide 1170 (Austria) – 1230 (Würzburg)



Too well thy weakness have I proved;
Now would I leave thee; - it is time -
Good night! to thee, oh world, good night!
I haste me to my home.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 146
Words 33
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

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