Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LYRICAL INTERLUDE: 58, by HEINRICH HEINE


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LYRICAL INTERLUDE: 58, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I stand on the brow of the mountain
Last Line: And healest the bullfinch's smart.
Subject(s): Birds; Hearts; Singing & Singers; Songs


ISTAND on the brow of the mountain,
And sentimentally sigh.
"O were I only a bird now!"
I many a thousand times cry.

O were I only a swallow,
My darling, to thee would I fly,
And soon a nest would I build me,
Thy lattice window hard by.

O were I a nightingale only,
I would fly, my darling, to thee,
And sing my sweet songs by night-time
Perch'd high in the green linden tree.

O were I only a bullfinch,
I would fly straight into thy heart;
To the bullfinch thou always wert kindly,
And healest the bullfinch's smart.





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