Love
Clarissa, 1
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908) · From New Poems: Clarissa
Love
All my charming loving offers
Thou art eagerly declining;
If I say: “Is this refusal?”
Thou at once beginnest whining.
Seldom pray I, but now hear me,
Gracious God! O help this maiden!
Dry her sweet tears, and enlighten
Her poor brains so sorrow-laden!
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Heine, Heinrich. “Clarissa, 1.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/204/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Clarissa, 1.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/204/.
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