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Article ON THE LEGEND OF THE HOLY OR SAN GRAAL; ← Page 8 of 26 →
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On The Legend Of The Holy Or San Graal;
and gems of every colour , and a multiplicity of imagery , is commenced in the following stanzas : — Strophe 6 * Aufeherne Saeuleu gewolbet , Das Werck war so spaehe , An Ereuden ungeselbet
Waer mem Hei'ze , ob ich es noch gesaehe ; Innerhalb gezierot iiberall begarbe , Das schicn aus rothem Golde Jeglich Edelstein nach seiner Earbe . Strophe 8 . f An Sanlen und an Pfeilern
Ergraben und ergossen Viel Bild waren , kostbaere Sam Engel dar vom Himmel warn gesekossen In Ereudenfiuge , und also lachebaeren Dass ein torscher Bayer Gesekwdre wohl dass sie bei Leben waren ;
But we should never finish if Ave were to give a full analysis , or even only such parts as appear to us particularly pleasing . The beauty and magnificence , with which the boundless imagination of the poet clothes his building , can only be perceived in the original : the thoughts might be conveyed by a translation , but the beauty of the diction would be lost .
Commentators haA r e fancied that the poet might have received hints from some of the fine edifices of Gothic architecture Avith which Germany then began to be stored . Wolfram von Eschenbach flourished in the beginning of the thirteenth century , and was one of the principal competitors in the poetical contests at Wartburgin 1207 . Albrechthis continnatorflourished in
, , , the same century , later ; but the plan of that cathedral of cathedrals at Cologne Avas already , before the death of Wolfram , in the mind of the high-minded archbishop Conrad A on Hochstetten , who laid the foundations for this stately edifice in 1248 .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On The Legend Of The Holy Or San Graal;
and gems of every colour , and a multiplicity of imagery , is commenced in the following stanzas : — Strophe 6 * Aufeherne Saeuleu gewolbet , Das Werck war so spaehe , An Ereuden ungeselbet
Waer mem Hei'ze , ob ich es noch gesaehe ; Innerhalb gezierot iiberall begarbe , Das schicn aus rothem Golde Jeglich Edelstein nach seiner Earbe . Strophe 8 . f An Sanlen und an Pfeilern
Ergraben und ergossen Viel Bild waren , kostbaere Sam Engel dar vom Himmel warn gesekossen In Ereudenfiuge , und also lachebaeren Dass ein torscher Bayer Gesekwdre wohl dass sie bei Leben waren ;
But we should never finish if Ave were to give a full analysis , or even only such parts as appear to us particularly pleasing . The beauty and magnificence , with which the boundless imagination of the poet clothes his building , can only be perceived in the original : the thoughts might be conveyed by a translation , but the beauty of the diction would be lost .
Commentators haA r e fancied that the poet might have received hints from some of the fine edifices of Gothic architecture Avith which Germany then began to be stored . Wolfram von Eschenbach flourished in the beginning of the thirteenth century , and was one of the principal competitors in the poetical contests at Wartburgin 1207 . Albrechthis continnatorflourished in
, , , the same century , later ; but the plan of that cathedral of cathedrals at Cologne Avas already , before the death of Wolfram , in the mind of the high-minded archbishop Conrad A on Hochstetten , who laid the foundations for this stately edifice in 1248 .