Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ROMANCERO: BOOK 2. LAMENTATIONS: LAZARUS. 13. MEETING AGAIN, by HEINRICH HEINE



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ROMANCERO: BOOK 2. LAMENTATIONS: LAZARUS. 13. MEETING AGAIN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: One summer eve, in the woodbine bower
Last Line: Yes, I and the dead, who my side ne'er quitted.
Subject(s): Death; Moon; Summer; Voices; Dead, The


ONE summer eve, in the woodbine bower
We sat once more at the window lonely;
The moon arose with life-giving power,
But we appear'd two spectres only.

Twelve years had pass'd since the last occasion
When we on this spot had sat together;
Each tender glow, each loving persuasion
Had mean while been quench'd in life's rough weather.

I silently sat. The woman, however,
Just like her sex, amongst love's ashes
Must needs be raking, but vain her endeavour
To kindle again its long-quench'd flashes.

And she recounted how she had contended
With evil thoughts, the story disclosing
How hardly she once her virtue defended, --
I stupidly listened to all her prosing.

When homeward I rode, the trees beside me
Like spirits beneath the moon's rays flitted;
Sad voices call'd, but onward I hied me,
Yes, I and the dead, who my side ne'er quitted.





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