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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LYRICAL INTERLUDE: 38, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography
First Line: Since my darling one has left me
Last Line: Wellnigh breaks, I cannot weep.
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of
First Line: Since my darling one has left me
Last Line: Wellnigh breaks, I cannot weep.
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of
SINCE my darling one has left me,
Power of laughing is bereft me;
Blockheads fain would raise a joke,
But no laughter can provoke.
Since I've lost my darling one,
Power of weeping, too, is gone;
Though my heart with sorrow deep
Wellnigh breaks, I cannot weep.
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