Love
Songs of Love, 8
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908) · From Early Poems: Songs of Love
Love
Of peace, and happiness, and heart,
Thou, loved one, long time hast bereft me;
And of the gifts that thou hast left me
Not one of these doth form a part.
For peace, heart, happiness, hast thou
To me a life-long sorrow given,
With bitter words commingled even,--
O take these back, my loved one, now.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Songs of Love, 8.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/7/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Songs of Love, 8.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/7/.
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