Love
Songs of Love, 12
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908) · From Early Poems: Songs of Love
Love
I’ve seen full many a tragedy play’d,
Extracting my tears like magic;
But ’mongst them all, that touching scene
Had an end by far the most tragic,
Wherein thou tookedst the principal part,
While I at thy feet was panting,--
How well thou actedst the innocent one,
Thou actress most enchanting!
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Heine, Heinrich. “Songs of Love, 12.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/11/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Songs of Love, 12.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/11/.
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