Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HEINE, by GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK Poet's Biography First Line: Nor life nor death had any peace for thee Last Line: George sylvester viereck. Subject(s): Heine, Heinrich (1797-1856); Jews; Poetry & Poets; Judaism | ||||||||
NOR life nor death had any peace for thee, Seeing thy mother cast thee forth, a prey To wind and water, till we bade thee stay And rest, a pilgrim weary of the sea. But now it seems that on thine effigy Thy very host an impious hand would lay: Go then and wander, praising on thy way The proud Republic's hospitality! Yet oft with us wreathed brow must suffer wrong, The sad Enchanter of the land of Weir Is still uncrowned, unreverenced, and we fear The Lords of Gold above the Lords of Song, Were it not strange, then, should we honor more The sweet-mouthed singer of a foreign shore? GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD A LITTLE HISTORY by DAVID LEHMAN FOR I WILL CONSIDER YOUR DOG MOLLY by DAVID LEHMAN JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE NATIONAL THOUGHTS by YEHUDA AMICHAI SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 2. ANGEL ... by MARVIN BELL A BALLAD OF ST. VITUS by GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK |
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