Emperor lies amid his knights in an enchanted sleep, waiting the hour when the ravens shall cease to hover round the peak, and the pear-tree blossom in the valley, to descend with his Crusaders and bring back to Germany the golden age of peace and strength... The Holy Roman Empire - Page 181by James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1904 - 575 pagesFull view - About this book
| Heinrich Kreissle von Hellborn, Heinrich von Kreissle - 1866 - 314 pages
...enchanted sleep, waiting the hour when the ravens shall cease to hover round the peak, and the pear tree blossom in the valley, to descend with his crusaders...the golden age of peace, and strength, and unity." — The Holy Roman Empire, by James Bryce, BA See also A Vision of Barbarossa, by W. Stigant. WAY TO... | |
| Thomas Stanley Rogers - 1882 - 106 pages
...mouth of a cavern, and tell him that within Barbarossa lies amid his knights in an enchanted sleep, waiting the hour when the ravens shall cease to hover...and bring back to Germany the golden age of peace, strength, and security.' 1416. Snood.—Compare the custom of Greek maidens. 1417. According to Gibbon... | |
| George Meredith - 1918 - 380 pages
...a cavern, and tell that within the red-bearded Emperor lies amid his knights in an enchanted sleep, waiting the hour when the ravens shall cease to hover...Germany the golden age of peace and strength and unity.' The history of the legend has been studied by Georg Voigt (Historische Zeitschrift 26.131J87) and Sigmund... | |
| Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher - 1927 - 398 pages
...ravens shall cease to hover round the peak and the pear tree blossom in the Valley, to descend with the Crusaders and bring back to Germany the Golden age...the just Emperor should be broken, and his shield should be hung aloft once more in the camp's midst, a sign of help to the poor and oppressed." A passage... | |
| 626 pages
...black mouth of a cavern and tell him that, within, Barbarossa lies in an enchanted sleep . . . waiting to descend with his crusaders and bring back to Germany the golden age." *5 Wagner: Prose, IV, 141, 144, for speech that follows. As such, he must no longer " cast in his lot... | |
| 1867 - 940 pages
...ravens shall cease to hover round the peak, and the pear-tree to blossom in the valley ;" then he shall descend with his crusaders, and " bring back to Germany the Golden Age of peace and strength and unity." A legend this, none the less beautiful for having counterparts in other lands. When all things are... | |
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