“Then turns he back to Aachen
In his grave-sleep to remain,
Till the New Year’s fragrant clusters
Shall call him forth again.”
Emanuel Geibel.
THE STORY AND LEGEND OF BARBAROSSA.
Frederick of Germany was a very handsome man. There was a tinge of red in his beard, and for that reason he came to be called Frederick Barbarossa. He was an ambitious man, and he went to Rome to be crowned.
CHARLEMAGNE INFLICTING BAPTISM UPON THE SAXONS.
It was a time of rival popes, and Barbarossa entered into the long controversy, which would make a history of itself. He captured Milan, and levelled the city. The sacred relics in the churches were sent to enrich the churches of Germany. Among these were the reputed bodies of the three Wise Men of the East; these were sent to Cologne, and are still exhibited there amid heaps of jewels.