Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LYRICAL INTERLUDE: 42, by HEINRICH HEINE


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LYRICAL INTERLUDE: 42, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Many visions of times long vanish'd
Last Line: Stand fix'd, the image of woe.
Subject(s): Dreams; Life; Silence; Nightmares


MANY visions of times long vanish'd
Arise from out of their tomb,
And show me how once in thy presence
I lived in my life's young bloom.

All day I mournfully totter'd
Through the streets, as though in a dream
The people gazed on me with wonder,
So silent and sad did I seem.

The night-time suited me better,
Deserted the streets were then,
And I and my shadow together
We wandered in silence again.

With footsteps echoing loudly
I wander'd over the bridge;
The moon with solemn look hail'd me
As she burst through the cloudy ridge.

I stood in front of thy dwelling,
And fondly gazed up on high;
I gazed up towards thy window,
My heart breathed many a sigh.

Well know I that thou from the window
Full often hast gazed below,
And in the moonlight hast seen me
Stand fix'd, the image of woe.





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