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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FRESCO-SONNETS TO CHRISTIAN S.: 1, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography
First Line: I take no notice of the blockheads tame
Last Line: Or else for beating clothes they find it handy.
Subject(s): Critics & Criticism
First Line: I take no notice of the blockheads tame
Last Line: Or else for beating clothes they find it handy.
Subject(s): Critics & Criticism
I TAKE no notice of the blockheads tame
Who, seeming to be golden, are but sand;
I never offer to that rogue my hand
Who secretly would injure my good name;
I bow not to the harlots who proclaim
Boldly their infamy throughout the land;
And when in victor-cars the rabble band
Draw their vain idols, with them I ne'er came.
Well know I that the oak must fall indeed,
Whilst by the streamlet's side the pliant reed
Stands in all winds and weathers, fearing not;
But say, what is the reed's eventual lot?
What joy! As walking-stick it serves the dandy,
Or else for beating clothes they find it handy.
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