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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIFE'S SALUTATIONS (FROM AN ALBUM), by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography
First Line: This earth resembles a highway vast
Last Line: Compelling our sad separation.
Subject(s): Earth; Life; World
First Line: This earth resembles a highway vast
Last Line: Compelling our sad separation.
Subject(s): Earth; Life; World
THIS earth resembles a highway vast,
We men are the trav'llers along it;
On foot and on horseback we hurry on fast,
And as runners or couriers throng it.
In passing each other, we nod and we greet
With our handkerchiefs waved from the coaches;
We fain would embrace, but our horses are fleet,
And speed on, despite all reproaches.
Dear Prince Alexander, as onward we go,
We scarcely have met at a station,
When the signal to start the postilions blow,
Compelling our sad separation.
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