"Selected poems translated by Graeme Dunphy"

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“The greatest of the Minnesinger, all of whom he surpasses both in the range and in the humanity of his poetry.”

“He has no equal in medieval German lyric poetry and perhaps not even in European lyric poetry of the Middle Ages.”

“For five hundred years after Walther's death – until Goethe – no German lyric poet was his equal.”

“Selected poems translated by Tim Chilcott”

“He is equally great whether his theme be religion, patriotism, or love. As a political poet he is one of the greatest of all time.”

“The mouthpiece of the half-inarticulate, all-suggesting music that is at once the very soul and the inseparable garment of romance.”

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