Love
Songs, 8
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908) · From Book of Songs: Youthful Sorrows: Songs
Love
First methought in my affliction,
I can never stand the blow.--
Yet I did--strange contradiction!
How I did, ne’er seek to know.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Songs, 8.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/57/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Songs, 8.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/57/.
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