Love
The Return Home, 44
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908) · From Pictures of Travel: The Return Home (1823-24)
Love
“Friend! why always thus endeavour
“To repeat the same old story?
“Wilt thou brooding sit for ever
“On love’s eggs grown old and hoary?
“Ah! ’tis but the usual custom,
“Chickens from the shells are crawling;
“In a book thou seek’st to thrust ’em,
“While they’re fluttering and calling!”
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Heine, Heinrich. “The Return Home, 44.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/398/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “The Return Home, 44.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/398/.
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