Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, APPENDIX TO 'LAZARUS': 4, by HEINRICH HEINE



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APPENDIX TO 'LAZARUS': 4, by                     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.





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