Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SEA-VOYAGE, by HEINRICH HEINE


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THE SEA-VOYAGE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I leaning stood against the mast
Last Line: With overweight of sorrow!
Subject(s): Sea Voyages


I LEANING stood against the mast,
And told each wave of ocean;
Farewell, my beauteous fatherland!
My bark, how swift thy motion!

I pass'd my lovely mistress' house,
The windows gleam'd all over;
But though I gazed and gazed and gazed,
No sign could I discover.

Ye tears, obscure not thus mine eyes
On this too-painful morrow;
My love-sick heart, O do not break
With overweight of sorrow!





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