Love
The Return Home, 38
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908) · From Pictures of Travel: The Return Home (1823-24)
Love
Man, revile not thou the devil,
For the path of life is short,
And damnation everlasting
Is too true, not mere report.
Man, pay all the debts thou owest,
For the path of life is long,
And thou’lt often have to borrow
Just as usual, right or wrong.
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Heine, Heinrich. “The Return Home, 38.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/392/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “The Return Home, 38.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/392/.
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