Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CELEBRATION OF SPRING, by HEINRICH HEINE


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CELEBRATION OF SPRING, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O list to this spring time's terrible jest!
Last Line: Adonis! Adonis!
Subject(s): Spring


O LIST to this spring time's terrible jest!
In savage troops the maidens fair
Are rushing along with fluttering hair,
And howls of anguish and naked breast: --
Adonis! Adonis!
The night falls fast. By torchlight clear
They sadly explore each forest track,
Which mournful answers is echoing back
Of laughter, sobs, sighs, and cries of fear: --
Adonis! Adonis!

That youthful figure, so wondrous fair,
Now lies on the ground all pale and dead;
His blood has dyed each floweret red,
And mournful sighs resound through the air: --
Adonis! Adonis!





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