Love
The Return Home, 91
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908) · From Pictures of Travel: The Return Home (1823-24)
Love
Little by thee comprehended,
Little knew I thee, good brother;
When we in the mud descended
Soon we understood each other.
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Heine, Heinrich. “The Return Home, 91.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/445/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “The Return Home, 91.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/445/.
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