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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NEW SPRING: 9, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography
First Line: The nightingale appear'd the first
Last Line: Pastime in studying things devout.
Subject(s): Birds
First Line: The nightingale appear'd the first
Last Line: Pastime in studying things devout.
Subject(s): Birds
"THE nightingale appear'd the first,
"And as her melody she sang,
"The apple into blossom burst,
"To life the grass and violets sprang.
"She her own bosom then did bite,
"Her red blood flow'd, and from the blood
"A beauteous rose-tree came to light,
"To whom she sings in loving mood.
"That blood atones for, to this day,
"Us birds within the forest here;
"Yet when the rose-song dies away,
"Will all the wood too disappear."
Thus to his youthful brood doth speak
The sparrow in his oaken nest;
His mate pips, while she trims her beak,
And proudly sits and looks her best
She is a homely wife and kind,
Broods well, and ne'er is seen to pout;
The father makes his children find
Pastime in studying things devout.
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