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NEW SPRING: 38 by HEINRICH HEINE

First Line: THE SPRING IS SOLEMN, MOURNFUL ONLY
Last Line: TO KISS A TEAR FROM OFF THY FACE.
Subject(s): GRIEF; SPRING; SORROW; SADNESS;

THE spring is solemn, mournful only
Are all its dreams, each flower appears
Weigh'd down by grief, the song all-lonely
Of Philomel wakes secret tears.

O smile thou not, my darling beauty,
O smile not, full of charming grace!
But weep, that it may be my duty
To kiss a tear from off thy face.



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