Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ROMANCERO: BOOK 2. LAMENTATIONS: LAZARUS. 19. THE WILL, by HEINRICH HEINE



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ROMANCERO: BOOK 2. LAMENTATIONS: LAZARUS. 19. THE WILL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Now that life is nearly spent
Last Line: As they in their vileness wallow
Subject(s): Inheritance & Succession; Life; Wills; Heirs


NOW that life is nearly spent,
Here's my will and testament,
Giving every foe a present,
As a Christian finds it pleasant:

Let these gentry full of merit
Have my sickness as their guerdon,
All that makes my life a burden, --
All my wretched pangs inherit.

I bequeath you all the colic
Which my belly tweaks in frolic, --
Strangury and these perfidious
Prussian piles so sharp and hideous.

Unto you my cramps be given,
Pains in joints, and salivation,
Pains in back, and inflammation, --
Every one the gift of heaven.

Let this codicil then follow: --
Lord! that wretched herd demolish,
And their very name abolish,
As they in their vileness wallow





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