Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NIGHT THOUGHTS, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography First Line: When, germany, I think of thee Last Line: And all my german cares beguiling! Subject(s): Germany; Night; Thought; Germans; Bedtime; Thinking | ||||||||
WHEN, Germany, I think of thee At night, all slumber flies from me; I cannot close mine eyes for yearning, And down my cheeks run tears all burning. How swiftly speeds each rolling year! Since I have seen my mother dear Twelve years have pass'd away; the longer I wait, my yearning grows the stronger. My yearning's growing evermore; That woman has bewitch'd me sore! Dear, dear old woman! with what fervour I think of her! may God preserve her! The dear old thing in me delights, And in the letters that she writes I see how much her hand is shaking, -- Her mother's heart, how nearly breaking! My mother's ever in my mind; Twelve long long years are left behind, Twelve years have follow'd on each other Since to my heart I clasp'd my mother. For ages Germany will stand; Sound to the core is that dear land! Its oaks and lindens I shall ever Find just the same, they alter never. For Germany I less should care If my dear mother were not there; My fatherland will never perish But she may die, whom most I cherish. Since I my native land saw last, Into the tomb have many pass'd Whom I so loved -- When of them thinking How sadly bleeds my spirit sinking! I needs must count them, -- as I count My sorrows higher, higher mount; I feel as though each corpse were lying Upon my breast -- Thank God, they're flying Thank God! for through the window-pane France's clear daylight breaks again; My fair wife enters, sweetly smiling, And all my German cares beguiling! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MILLE ET UN SENTIMENTS (PREMIERS CENTS) by DENISE DUHAMEL SUNDAY AFTERNOON by CLARENCE MAJOR I BROOD ABOUT SOME CONCEPTS, FOR EXAMPLE by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER EASY LESSONS IN GEOPHAGY by KENNETH REXROTH GENTLEMEN, I ADDRESS YOU PUBLICLY by KENNETH REXROTH ON FLOWER WREATH HILL: 1 by KENNETH REXROTH |
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