Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NEW SPRING: PROLOGUE, by HEINRICH HEINE



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NEW SPRING: PROLOGUE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Sometimes when o'er pictures turning
Last Line: In time's mighty fight to fight.
Subject(s): Love; Spring; Time


SOMETIMES when o'er pictures turning
You have seen the man perchance,
Who is for the battle yearning,
Well-equipp'd with shield and lance.

Yet young loves are hov'ring round him,
Stealing lance and sword away;
They with flow'ry chains have bound him
Though he struggle in dismay.

I, too, in such charming fetters,
Bind myself with sad delight,
And I leave it to my betters
In time's mighty fight to fight.





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