Love
Songs of Love, 7
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908) · From Early Poems: Songs of Love
Love
I would the songs I’m singing
Had little flow’rets been;
I’d send them to my sweetheart
For her to smell, I ween.
I would the songs I’m singing
Were kisses all unseen;
I’d send them all in secret
Upon her cheeks to glean.
I would the songs I’m singing
Were little peas so green;
I’d make some capital pea-soup
All in a soup-tureen!
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Heine, Heinrich. “Songs of Love, 7.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/6/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Songs of Love, 7.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/6/.
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