Love
My darling, thou art flowerlike
Translated by James Thomson (B.V.) (1880) · From Attempts at Translation from Heine (1880)
Love
My darling, thou art flowerlike,
So tender, pure, and fair ;
I gaze on thee, and sadness
Steals on me unaware :
I yearn to lay my hands then
Upon thy head in prayer,
That God will keep thee ever
Thus tender, pure, and fair.
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Codex Note
Untitled in the volume; the first line is used as the title.
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Heine, Heinrich. “My darling, thou art flowerlike.” Translated by James Thomson (B.V.). Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/595/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “My darling, thou art flowerlike.” Translated by James Thomson (B.V.). Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/595/.
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