Legends of the Rhine
- ISBN-10
- 1505236746
- ISBN-13
- 9781505236743
- Series
- Legends of the Rhine
- Pages
- 158
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-12-18
- Publisher
- CreateSpace
- Author
- Wilhelm Ruland
Description
"[...]his father, who was then suffering agony from gout, had once taken a vow to God and to the emperor that he would go on a crusade to the Holy Land, but being unable to fulfil his oath, he laid it to his son's charge to carry it out as he meant to have done. The maiden wept bitterly on hearing these unexpected tidings. "Trust me and the Powers on high, I shall not make this great sacrifice in vain," said her lover consolingly. "I shall return, that I feel confident of."[...]".
