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Walther von der Vogelweide

Middle High German lyric poet

3+ Walther von der Vogelweide Quotes And Sayings

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Following is our list of the best Walther von der Vogelweide quotes and sayings.

Born
1170
Died
1230
Known as
Poet
  • Winter has caused damage everywhere: meadow and forest are all grey, where before you heard many sounds. If I could see the girls play ball on the street, then bird song would come back. If only I could sleep through the winter! When I am awake I feel only hatred that his power is so far and wide. God knows, he even fights with May; I picked flowers where there is now snow.
    — Walther von der Vogelweide 1 Share
  • The mouthpiece of the half-inarticulate, all-suggesting music that is at once the very soul and the inseparable garment of romance.
    — Walther von der Vogelweide Image Share
  • For five hundred years after Walther's death - until Goethe - no German lyric poet was his equal.
    — Walther von der Vogelweide Image Share

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