the brothers HERE lived near Bagdad, Omar and Mahmoud, two sons of poor parents. On their father's death they inherited only a small property; and each resolved to try t english
the elves WHERE is Maria, our child?" asked the father. "She is playing on the green," replied the mother, "with our neighbour's son." "Do not let them run away," sai english
the faithful eckart That noble duke, the great Of Burgundy's proud land, Felt all his foemen's hate, And, vanquish'd, bit the sand. He spoke: "I'm struck! I bleed! Where is my english
the friends IT was a beautiful spring morning, when Lewis Wandel went out to visit a sick friend, in a village some miles distant from his dwelling. This friend had wri english
the love-charm MILIUS was sitting in deep thought by a table, waiting for his friend Roderick. A light was burning before him; the winter evening was cold; and, glad as he english
the mysterious cup The forenoon bells were sounding from the great cathedral. On the open place, men and women were moving in various directions, carriages passing along, and english
the reconciliation TWILIGHT was already gathering, when a young knight, mounted on his charger, trotted through a lonely vale: the clouds grew gradually darker, and the glow o english
the runenberg A young hunter was sitting in the midst of the mountain-ranges, musing beside his fowling-floor, whilst the rush of waters and of the woods resounded throug english
the tannenhäuser About four centuries had elapsed since the death of the Faithful Eckart, when there lived a Lord of the Woods who stood in high reputation as a counsellor a english
the white egbert HIGH up in the Hartz Mountains there lived in a castle a knight who was known by the name of the White Egbert. He was about forty years old, rather below th english