Classic and Contemporary Poetry
APPENDIX TO 'LAZARUS': 4, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography First Line: Once saw I many a blooming flower Last Line: To steep in lethe's blissful night. Subject(s): Death; Flowers; Graves; Hearts; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones | ||||||||
ONCE saw I many a blooming flower Upon my way, but slothfully Stoop'd not to pluck them in that hour, And on my proud steed hasten'd by. Now when I'm near to death, and languish, Now when beneath me yawns the tomb, Oft in my thought, with bitter anguish, Returns the' unheeded flowers' perfume. But most of all, my brain is burning With a bright yellow violet fair; Wild beauty! How I grieve with yearning, To think that I enjoy'd thee ne'er! My comfort is: Oblivion's waters Have not yet lost their olden might The dull hearts of earth's sons and daughters To steep in Lethe's blissful night. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SURVIVOR AMONG GRAVES by RANDALL JARRELL SUBJECTED EARTH by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE GRAVE OF MRS. HEMANS by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER THOSE GRAVES IN ROME by LARRY LEVIS NOT TO BE DWELLED ON by HEATHER MCHUGH ONE LAST DRAW OF THE PIPE by PAUL MULDOON ETRUSCAN TOMB by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL |
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