Classic and Contemporary Poetry
APPENDIX TO 'LAZARUS': 2, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography First Line: My head by the maiden swarthy but fair Last Line: To bear heaven's dispensations. Subject(s): Bodies; Fate; Kisses; Tears; Destiny | ||||||||
MY head by the maiden swarthy but fair Was press'd 'gainst her bosom with yearning; But, alas! to grey soon turn'd my hair, Where had fallen her tears so burning. She kiss'd me ill, and she kiss'd me lame, She kiss'd till my eyes were faded; My spinal marrow dried up became, By her mouth's wild sucking pervaded. My body is now a corpse, wherein My spirit is fetter'd closely; 'Tis often angry, and makes a din, And storms and struggles morosely. O impotent curses! Not even a fly Can be kill'd by mere execrations; Submit to thy fate, and patiently try To bear Heaven's dispensations. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ATTEMPTING TO ANSWER DAVID IGNATOW'S QUESTION by ROBERT BLY FROST AND HIS ENEMIES by ROBERT BLY THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR UNABLE TO FIND by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR TO HELEN KELLER - HUMANITARIAN, SOCIAL DEMOCRAT, GREAT SOUL by EDWIN MARKHAM DOMESDAY BOOK: FINDING OF THE BODY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS WE COME BACK by KENNETH REXROTH THE WAKING (2) by THEODORE ROETHKE |
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