Living
Evening Songs, 2
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908) · From Early Poems: Miscellaneous Poems
Living
And over the pond are sailing
Two swans all white as snow;
Sweet voices mysteriously wailing
Pierce through me as onward they go.
They sail along, and a ringing
Sweet melody rises on high,
And when the swans begin singing,
They presently must die.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Evening Songs, 2.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/25/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Evening Songs, 2.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/25/.
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