Love
I gazed upon her picture
Translated by James Thomson (B.V.) (1880) · From Attempts at Translation from Heine (1880)
I GAZED upon her picture,
Absorbed in dreams of gloom,
Till those beloved features
Began to breathe and bloom.
About her lips came wreathing
That sweet, sweet smile I knew ;
The eyes were softly gleaming
With tears as fresh as dew.
And my tears sprang then also,
The dark cloud's rain was shed :
And, O my Love, I cannot
Believe that thou art dead !
Codex Note
Untitled in the volume; the first line is used as the title.
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Heine, Heinrich. “I gazed upon her picture.” Translated by James Thomson (B.V.). Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/593/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “I gazed upon her picture.” Translated by James Thomson (B.V.). Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/593/.
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