Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Pied Piper of Hamelin

[The oldest picture of Pied Piper (watercolour) copied from the glass window of Marktkirche in Hamelin by Freiherr Augustin von Moersperg.]




http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/etext/piper/


Into the street the Piper stept,
Smiling first a little smile,
As if he knew what magic slept

2 comments:

Me said...

what a lovely illustrations!thanks

Hermes said...

Its fascinating how far back some of these stories go.