WHAT is the name of King Ringang's daughter? Rohtraut, Beauty Rohtraut! And what does she do the livelong day, Since she dare not knit and spin alway? O hunting and fishing is ever her play! And, heigh! that her huntsman I might be! I'd hunt and fish right merrily! Be silent, heart! And it chanced that, after this some time, -- Rohtraut, Beauty Rohtraut, -- The boy in the Castle has gained access, And a horse he has got and a huntsman's dress, To hunt and to fish with the merry Princess; And, O! that a king's son I might be! Beauty Rohtraut I love so tenderly. Hush! hush! my heart. Under a grey old oak they sat, Beauty, Beauty Rohtraut! She laughs: 'Why look you so slyly at me? If you have heart enough, come, kiss me.' Cried the breathless boy, 'kiss thee?' But he thinks, kind fortune has favoured my youth; And thrice he has kissed Beauty Rohtraut's mouth. Down! down! mad heart. Then slowly and silently they rode home, -- Rohtraut, Beauty Rohtraut! The boy was lost in his delight: 'And, wert thou Empress this very night, I would not heed or feel the blight; Ye thousand leaves of the wild wood wist How Beauty Rohtraut's mouth I kiss'd. Hush! hush! wild heart.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DEATH AND DOCTOR HORNBOOK; A TRUE STORY by ROBERT BURNS PHILIP, MY KING by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK LEISURE by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES SOLOMON SCHECHTER by ALTER ABELSON APRIL - AND DYING by ANNE REEVE ALDRICH EPITAPH ON A HENPECKED SQUIRE by ROBERT BURNS |