Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LYRICAL INTERLUDE: 51, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography First Line: Her dark attire thus wearing Last Line: Is ended as soon as you please. Subject(s): Grief; Knights & Knighthood; Love; Night; Sorrow; Sadness; Bedtime | ||||||||
HER dark attire thus wearing My love appears to my sight Like a tale of sorrow despairing That's told in the long summer night: "In the magical garden there wander "Two lovers mute and alone; "Sweet sing the nightingales yonder, "The moonbeams are over them thrown. "Like a statue the maiden stands mildly, "At her feet the faithful knight lies; "The forest giant comes wildly, "The sorrowing maiden soon flies. "Soon the knight on the ground lies all gory, "The giant goes home at his ease --" And when I am buried, the story Is ended as soon as you please. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BREATH OF NIGHT by RANDALL JARRELL HOODED NIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS WORKING OUTSIDE AT NIGHT by DENIS JOHNSON POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN COOL DARK ODE by DONALD JUSTICE POEM TO BE READ AT 3 A.M by DONALD JUSTICE ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT by BOB KAUFMAN |
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