RHENISH ROMANCE.

Bruce Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 1623, 27 February 1885, Page 5

RHE NISH ROMANCE.

On the right bank of the lthiuo, between Linz and Unkel, a range of bergs are m view at soine distance troin the river. These form no part of the famous Seven Mountains, which do not come into si^rht until we reach the island of -Nonuenwertb, in the middle of tiie streuni. Here we touch a great centre of lineman tradition and romance. l ( \rst appears the ruined casLle of lijiiiudaecii, on the left bank. There is little more than a shattered arch and ou O or two towers ; but, in -Longfellow's words, " the ruined tower still looks down uuon the Jvloster -Nonnenwertu, as if the sou.id of tne funeral bell had chauged tne faithful paladin to stone, and he were wateaing utiH to see the form of his beloved one come forth, not from her cloister, but from her grave." The story ia thua briefly told by Uulwer: — ttolaud the paladin, nephew of the great jtfmperor Karl, goes to the wars. A false report of his death reaches hia betrothed. fShe retires to the eouveut iv the isle oi JNonnenwertix, and takes the irrevocable veil. Koland returns home, Mushed with glory and hope, to liad tnat the very ndeiity of his ailianced had placed an eternal barrier between them, lie built tae castle vviiioh bears his name, and which overlooks the monastery, and dwelt there to hia death, happy in the power at least to gaze, even to the last, upon those walla which held the treasure ho had