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LOVE SONG by HEINRICH HEINE

First Line: ASK NOT WHAT I HAVE, MY LOVED ONE
Last Line: WHO DOTH OWN A BROKEN HEART.
Subject(s): LOVE;
ASK not what I have, my loved one, --
Ask me rather what I am;
For but little wealth I boast of,
But I'm gentle as a lamb.

Do not ask me how I'm living,
But for what, that ask of me;
For I live in want, and lonely,
Yet I live alone for thee.

Do not ask me of my pleasures,
Ask not of my bitter smart;
Pleasure ever flies his presence
Who doth own a broken heart.



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