Love
New Spring, 40
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908) · From New Spring
Love
My cherish’d wishes blossom,
And wither again at a breath,
And blossom again and wither,
And so on until death.
This know I, and it saddens
All love and joy, once so blest;
My heart is so wise and witty,
And bleeds away in my breast.
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Heine, Heinrich. “New Spring, 40.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/350/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “New Spring, 40.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/350/.
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