Inn der alten statt Ravenna,
Welche ligt inn Romania,
Da wondt ein junger edelman,
Sehr reich, höflich und wolgethan,
War Anastasius genennet,
Welcher in strenger liebe brennet
Gen einer jungkfraw von edlem stamen
Deß gschlechts Traversini mit namen,
Schön, züchtig, wirdiger geberd,...
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It was but yesterday, my love, thy little heart beat high,
And I had scorned the warning voice that told me thou must die;
I saw thee move with active bound, with spirits light and free,
And infant grace and beauty gave their glorious charm to thee.Upon the dewy field I saw thine early footsteps fly,
Unfettered as the matin bird that cleaves the...