Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LYRICAL INTERLUDE: 58, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography First Line: I stand on the brow of the mountain Last Line: And healest the bullfinch's smart. Subject(s): Birds; Hearts; Singing & Singers; Songs | ||||||||
ISTAND on the brow of the mountain, And sentimentally sigh. "O were I only a bird now!" I many a thousand times cry. O were I only a swallow, My darling, to thee would I fly, And soon a nest would I build me, Thy lattice window hard by. O were I a nightingale only, I would fly, my darling, to thee, And sing my sweet songs by night-time Perch'd high in the green linden tree. O were I only a bullfinch, I would fly straight into thy heart; To the bullfinch thou always wert kindly, And healest the bullfinch's smart. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE APOLLO TRIO by CONRAD AIKEN BAD GIRL SINGING by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 4 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 5 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE THE SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE IS LIKE THE SCENT OF SYRINGA by MINA LOY |
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