Worthy Art Thou, Returning Home

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



Worthy art thou, returning home, the bell
For thee should ring, and crowds come gathering round
To gaze, how as a gladdening miracle
Thou com'st, of sin or shame all blameless found.
Man's praise and woman's love shall thus abound;
And this thy glorious welcome shall dispel
The slanderous words which some have breathed around,
That honour bade thee still at distance dwell.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCBBABA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 376
Words 65
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8

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