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DIE HEIMKEHR: 2 by HEINRICH HEINE

First Line: SO THOU HAST FORGOTTEN FULLY
Last Line: BUT I KNOW NOW, THEY BOTH WERE GOOD ENOUGH.
So thou hast forgotten fully
That I so long held thy heart wholly,
Thy little heart, so sweet and false and small
That there's no thing more sweet or false at all.

Love and lay thou hast forgotten fully,
And my heart worked at them unduly.
I know not if the love or if the lay were better stuff,
But I know now, they both were good enough.



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