Nature
A pine-tree standeth lonely
Translated by James Thomson (B.V.) (1880) · From Attempts at Translation from Heine (1880)
Nature
A PINE-TREE standeth lonely
In the North on an upland bare ;
It standeth whitely shrouded
With snow, and sleepeth there :
It dreameth of a palm-tree,
Which far in the East alone
In mournful silence standeth
On its ridge of burning stone.
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Heine, Heinrich. “A pine-tree standeth lonely.” Translated by James Thomson (B.V.). Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/594/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “A pine-tree standeth lonely.” Translated by James Thomson (B.V.). Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/594/.
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