Doth vanish at the sound of matin bell.

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IV.

The festival.

It was the Patron’s day, a solemn feast;

Komturs and brethren to the city ride;

White banners wave upon the castle towers:

Konrad invites the knights to festival.

A hundred white cloaks wave around the board,

On every mantle is the long black cross,—These