Fain (could it be) would I a home obtain, <br />And warm me by a hearth-side of my own. <br />Then, then, I'd sing about the sweet birds' strain, <br />And fields and flowers, as I have whilome done; <br />And paint in song the lily and the rose <br />That dwell upon her cheek who smiles on me. <br />But lone I stray -- no home its comfort shows: <br />Ah, luckless man! still doom'd a guest to be!<br /><br />Walther von der Vogelweide<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/address-to-emperor-frederic-ii/
