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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET TO MY MOTHER, B. HEINE, NEE VON GELDERN: 2, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography
First Line: With foolish fancy I deserted thee
Last Line: That was the sweet love I so long had sought.
Subject(s): Mothers
First Line: With foolish fancy I deserted thee
Last Line: That was the sweet love I so long had sought.
Subject(s): Mothers
WITH foolish fancy I deserted thee;
I fain would search the whole world through, to learn
If in it I perchance could love discern,
That I might love embrace right-lovingly.
I sought for love as far as eye could see,
My hands extending at each door in turn,
Begging them not my prayer for love to spurn --
Cold hate alone they laughing gave to me.
And ever search'd I after love; yes, ever
Search'd after love, but love discover'd never,
And so I homeward went, with troubled thought;
But thou wert there to welcome me again,
And, ah, what in thy dear eye floated then
That was the sweet love I so long had sought.
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