Love
Songs of Love, 9
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908) · From Early Poems: Songs of Love
Love
Remember’st thou those fiery glances
In which his trust the novice plac’d?
That long-denied first kiss of passion
The ardent lover stole in haste?
O glances, ye experienced fish-hooks,
On which the fish is captive brought!
O kiss, thou charming rod of honey,
With which the bird is limed and caught!
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Heine, Heinrich. “Songs of Love, 9.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/8/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Songs of Love, 9.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/8/.
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