8 Quotes by Heinrich Heine about poetry


  • Author Heinrich Heine
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    A pine tree standeth lonelyIn the North on an upland bare;It standeth whitely shroudedWith snow, and sleepeth there.It dreameth of a Palm treeWhich far in the East alone,In the mournful silence standethOn its ridge of burning stone.

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    I once saw many flowers blooming Upon my way, in indolence I scorned to pick them in my going And passed in proud indifference. Now, when my grave is dug, they taunt me; Now, when I'm sick to death in pain, In mocking torment still they haunt me, Those fragrant blooms of my disdain.

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    Das Fräulein stand am MeereUnd seufzte lang und bang,Es rührte sie so sehreDer Sonnenuntergang.Mein Fräulein! sein Sie munter,Das ist ein altes Stück;Hier vorne geht sie unterUnd kehrt von hinten zurück.

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    First poems! They must be written on casual scraps of faded paper, interspersed here and there with withered flowers, or a lock of blond hair, or a discolored piece of ribbon, and the trace of a tear must still be visible in several places ... But first poems that are printed, in livid black and white, on dreadfully smooth paper are poems that have lost the finest points of their sweet, virginal charm, and now arouse a ghastly feeling of distaste in the author.

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