Love
The Return Home, 84
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908) · From Pictures of Travel: The Return Home (1823-24)
Love
At Halle, in the market
Two mighty lions are standing.
Thou lion-scorn of Halle,
Methinks they’ve tamed thee finely!
At Halle, in the market,
A mighty giant’s standing.
He hath a sword, and moves not,
He’s turn’d to stone by terror.
At Halle, in the market,
A mighty church is standing.
The students of each faction
Have there a place for praying.
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Heine, Heinrich. “The Return Home, 84.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/438/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “The Return Home, 84.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/438/.
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