Death & Dying
The earth is so fair and the heaven so blue
Translated by James Thomson (B.V.) (1880) · From Attempts at Translation from Heine (1880)
The earth is so fair and the heaven so blue.
And the breeze is breathing so warmly too,
And the flowers of the meadow are gleaming through
The sparkling and glittering morning dew,
And the people are joyous wherever I view :
Yet would were I in the grave at rest
Folded close to my lost Love's breast.
Codex Note
Untitled in the volume; the first line is used as the title.
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Heine, Heinrich. “The earth is so fair and the heaven so blue.” Translated by James Thomson (B.V.). Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/592/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “The earth is so fair and the heaven so blue.” Translated by James Thomson (B.V.). Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/592/.
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