Two Songs Of Heine

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Title:     Two Songs Of Heine
Author: Henry Van Dyke [More Titles by Van Dyke]

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"EIN FICHTENBAUM"

A fir-tree standeth lonely
On a barren northern height,
Asleep, while winter covers
His rest with robes of white.

In dreams, he sees a palm-tree
In the golden morning-land;
She droops alone and silent
In burning wastes of sand.

II

"DU BIST WIE EINE BLUME"

Fair art thou as a flower
And innocent and shy:
I look on thee and sorrow;
I grieve, I know not why.

I long to lay, in blessing,
My hand upon thy brow,
And pray that God may keep thee
As fair and pure as now.

1872.

[The end]
Henry Van Dyke's poem: Two Songs Of Heine

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