Sits on his steed, and the moonbeams quiver

Upon the points of his armor bright

As on the ripples of a river.

He lifts the visor from his cheek,

And beckons, and makes as he would speak.

Walter the Minnesinger

Friend! can you tell me where alight

Thuringia's horsemen for the night?

For I have lingered in the rear,

And wander vainly up and down.