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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE EXORCISM, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography
First Line: The young franciscan friar sits
Last Line: In silence they gaze on each other.
Subject(s): Exorcism
First Line: The young franciscan friar sits
Last Line: In silence they gaze on each other.
Subject(s): Exorcism
THE young Franciscan friar sits
In his cloister silent and lonely;
He reads a magical book, which speaks
Of exorcisms only.
And when the hour of midnight knell'd,
An impulse resistless came o'er him;
The underground spirits with pallid lips
He summon'd to rise up before him:
"Ye spirits! Go, fetch me from out of the grave
"The corpse of my mistress cherish'd;
"For this one night restore her to life,
"Rekindling joys long perish'd."
The fearful exorcising word
He breathes, and his wish is granted;
The poor dead beauty in grave-clothes white
Appears to his vision enchanted.
Her look is mournful; her ice-cold breast
Her sighs of grief cannot smother;
The dead one sits herself down by the monk,
In silence they gaze on each other.
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