Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ROMANCERO: BOOK 2. LAMENTATIONS: LAZARUS. 6. RETROSPECT, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography First Line: The pearl for the first and the case for the second Last Line: But the kitten, the kitten was saved. Subject(s): Animals; Cats; Drowning | ||||||||
THE pearl for the first, and the case for the second, -- O William Wisetzki, thy days were soon reckon'd, But the Kitten, the Kitten was saved. The beam that he clung to, that stretch'd o'er the current Beneath him broke down, and he sank in the torrent, But the Kitten, the Kitten was saved. We follow'd the corpse of this darling of ours, They buried him under a grave of May flowers, But the Kitten, the Kitten was saved. O prudent wert thou, thus early in striving To 'scape from life's storms, and in harbour arriving, -- But the Kitten, the Kitten was saved. Happy thou, that thus early thy danger was over; Before thou wert ill, thou thy health didst recover, -- But the Kitten, the Kitten was saved. For many a year have I thought, child so cherish'd, With envy and grief how thou early hast perish'd, -- But the Kitten, the Kitten was saved. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NOT THE CUCKOLD'S DREAM; FOR SAM PEREIRA by NORMAN DUBIE REVELATION 20:11-15 by NORMAN DUBIE THE DUN COW AND THE HAG by NORMAN DUBIE FUGUE FOR A DROWNED GIRL by JAMES GALVIN TO W.P.: 1 by GEORGE SANTAYANA DROWNING ON THE PAMET RIVER by GERALD STERN AGAIN I FIND YOU by RUTH STONE |
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