Love
Hortense, 2
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908) · From New Poems: Hortense
Love
Beside the corner of the street
We stood in fond communion
For full an hour, and talked about
Our spirits’ loving union.
We loved each other--this we said
A hundred times repeating;
Beside the corner of the street
We stood, and went on greeting.
The Goddess of Occasion, brisk
As waiting maids, and sprightly,
Pass’d by that way and saw us stand
And smiled, and went on lightly.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Hortense, 2.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/199/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Hortense, 2.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/199/.
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