Love
Clarissa, 2
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908) · From New Poems: Clarissa
Love
Wheresoever thou mayst wander,
Thou dost every hour behold me,
And I love thee all the fonder,
When thou dost rebuke and scold me.
Charming malice will ensnare me,
While I hate a kindly action;
And the surest way to scare me,
Is to love me to distraction.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Clarissa, 2.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/205/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Clarissa, 2.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/205/.
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