Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 3. TO COUNCILLOR GEORGE S--, OF GOTTINGEN, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography First Line: Though the demeanour be imperious, proud Last Line: Deep in my heart I still bear faithfully. Subject(s): Politics & Government | ||||||||
THOUGH the demeanour be imperious, proud, Yet round the lips may gentleness play still; Though the eye gleam and every muscle thrill, Yet may the voice with calmness be endow'd. Thus art thou in the rostrum, when aloud Thou speak'st of governments and of the skill Of cabinets, and of the people's will, Of Germany's long strifes and ends avow'd. Ne'er be thine image blotted from my mind! In times of barbarous self-love like these, How doth an image of such greatness please! What thou, in fashion fatherly and kind, Spak'st to my heart, while hours flew swiftly by, Deep in my heart I still bear faithfully. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE JULY IN WASHINGTON by ROBERT LOWELL FIFTY APRIL YEARS by KHALED MATTAWA FOUR POEMS ABOUT JAMAICA: 3. A HAIRPIN TURN ABOVE READING, JAMAICA by WILLIAM MATTHEWS A FOREIGN COUNTRY by JOSEPHINE MILES ARS POETICA by CLARIBEL ALEGRIA CARMEN BOMBA: POET by CLARIBEL ALEGRIA |
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