Love
Lyrical Intermezzo, 45
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908) · From Book of Songs: Lyrical Intermezzo
Love
On hearing the strains enthralling
That my loved one sang to me erst,
With torments fierce and appalling
My heart is ready to burst.
Impell’d by a gloomy yearning
I seek in the forest relief,
And there in tears hotly burning
I quench my anguish and grief.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Lyrical Intermezzo, 45.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/136/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Lyrical Intermezzo, 45.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/136/.
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