Love
The violets blue of the eyes divine
Translated by James Thomson (B.V.) (1880) · From Attempts at Translation from Heine (1880)
Love
The violets blue of the eyes divine.
And the rose of the cheeks as red as wine,
And the lilies white of the hands so fine.
They flourish and flourish from year to year,
And only the heart is withered and sere.
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Codex Note
Untitled in the volume; the first line is used as the title.
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Heine, Heinrich. “The violets blue of the eyes divine.” Translated by James Thomson (B.V.). Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/591/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “The violets blue of the eyes divine.” Translated by James Thomson (B.V.). Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/591/.
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