Love
Lyrical Intermezzo, 11
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908) · From Book of Songs: Lyrical Intermezzo
In the Rhine, that beautiful river,
The sacred town of Cologne,
With its vast cathedral, is ever
Full clearly mirror’d and shown.
A picture on golden leather
In that fair cathedral is seen;
On my life, so sad altogether,
It hath cast its rays serene.
The flowers and angels hover
Round our dear Lady there;
Her eyes, lips, cheeks, all over
Resemble my mistress fair.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Lyrical Intermezzo, 11.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/102/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Lyrical Intermezzo, 11.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/102/.
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