Thus he grew up, in Logic point-device, Perfect in Grammar, and in Rhetoric nice; Science of Numbers, Geometric art, And lore of Stars, and Music knew by heart; A Minnesinger, long before the times Of those who sang their love in Suabian rhymes.
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
So sings the Minnesinger, aunty; and '"A maiden in the wintry leaf Will spread her own disease of grief."
"The Short Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009
A Minnesinger must be a knight wooing his lady-love, whose colors he wears at the tournaments, and for whose sake he undertakes a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
"Jewish Literature and Other Essays"
Gustav Karpeles