The Feast of Belshazzar by Heinrich Heine
The midnight hour had fallen on The hushed city of Babylon. And yet within its castle walls The vassals thronged throughout the halls....
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- Sep 28, 2020
- 6 min
A Comparison of Goethe and Schiller's Poetry... by Heinrich Heine
From "The Romantic School", 1835 "...There was a craze for comparing the productions of the two poets, and opinions were divided. The...
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- Dec 14, 2019
- 3 min
The Gods of Greece by Heinerich Heine
Full-blossoming moon! Here in thy light Like flowing gold the ocean gleams; As limpid as day, yet dimly bewitched, Reposing across the...
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- Oct 3, 2018
- 1 min
The Fishergirl by Heinrich Heine
Come you lovely fisher girl, Come and bring your boat to land; Join me on the golden shore, We'll cuddle hand in hand. Lay your head on...
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- Sep 24, 2018
- 1 min
Heine's "Atlas" Set by Franz Schubert
I, wretched Atlas, must carry the world, I must carry this wide world of wrenching pain. I bear the unbearable and my heart Breaks within...
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- Jul 15, 2018
- 1 min
Der Tod das ist die kühle Nacht by Heinrich Heine
Death is the cooling night, Life is the sultry day. But now darkness settles And I long for respite. Outside my window there looms a...