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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EVENING SONG: 3, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography
First Line: When in sorrow, they dare not show it
Last Line: They sing now, while sailing along.
Subject(s): Birds; Grief; Swans; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: When in sorrow, they dare not show it
Last Line: They sing now, while sailing along.
Subject(s): Birds; Grief; Swans; Sorrow; Sadness
WHEN in sorrow, they dare not show it,
However mournful their mood,
For the swan, like the soul of the poet,
By the dull world is ill understood.
And in their death-hour they waken
The air, and break into song;
And, unless my ears are mistaken,
They sing now, while sailing along.
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