Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LYRICAL INTERLUDE: 70, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography First Line: The numbers old and evil Last Line: And in it placed my love. Subject(s): Coffins; Dreams; Grief; Love; Nightmares; Sorrow; Sadness | ||||||||
THE numbers old and evil, The dreams so harrowing, Let's bury all together, -- A mighty coffin bring! I'll place there much, but say not What 'tis, till all is done; The coffin must be larger Than Heidelberg's vast tun. And also bring a death-bier, Of boards full stout and sound; They also must be longer Than Mayence bridge renown'd. And also bring twelve giants Whose strength of limb excels Saint Christopher's, whose shrine in Cologne Cathedral dwells. The coffin they must carry, And sink beneath the wave; For such a mighty coffin Must have a mighty grave. Why was the coffin, tell me, So great and hard to move? I in it placed my sorrows, And in it placed my love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS |
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