CONTENTS.
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
PREFACE.
HEINRICH HEINE.
EARLY POEMS. SONGS OF LOVE. 1. LOVE'S SALUTATION. Darling
BOOK OF SONGS. PREFACE. This is the olden fairy wood! The
3. ROMANCES. 1. THE MOURNFUL ONE. Every heart with pain is
4. SONNETS. TO A. W. VON SCHLEGEL.
TO MY MOTHER, B. HEINE, nEe VON GELDERN. 1 I have been wont to
TO H. S.
FRESCO-SONNETS TO CHRISTIAN S . 1 I take no notice of the
LYRICAL INTERLUDE. 1822-23. PROLOGUE.
THE GODS' TWILIGHT.
RATCLIFF. [8]
DONNA CLARA.
ALMANSOR. 1
THE PILGRIMAGE TO KEVLAAR 1 The mother stood by the window, The
THE DREAM. (From Salon .)
NEW POEMS. 1. SERAPHINA. 1 When at evening in the forest, In
2. ANGELICA. 1 Now that heaven my wish hath granted, Why be
3. DIANA. 1 These fair limbs, of size so massive, Of colossal
4. HORTENSE. 1 Once I thought each kiss a woman Gives us, or
5. CLARISSA. 1 All my charming loving offers Thou art eagerly
6. YOLANTE AND MARY. 1 Both these ladies know by instinct How a
7. EMMA. 1 He stands as firm as a tree stem, In heat and
8. FREDERICA. 1 O leave Berlin, with its thick-lying sand, Weak
9. CATHERINE. 1 A beauteous star arises o'er my night, A star
10. SONGS OF CREATION. 1 God at first the sun created, Then
11. ABROAD. 1 From place to place thou'rt wandering still, Thou
12. TRAGEDY 1 O fly with me, and be my wife, And to my heart
13. THE TANNHAUSER. A Legend.
14. ROMANCES. 1. A WOMAN.
2. CELEBRATION OF SPRING.
3. CHILDE HAROLD.
4. THE EXORCISM.
5. EXTRACT FROM A LETTER.
6. THE EVIL STAR.
7. ANNO 1829.
8. ANNO 1839.
9. AT DAWN.
10. SIR OLAVE. I. At the door of the cathedral Stand two men,
11. THE WATER NYMPHS.
12. BERTRAND DE BORN.
13. SPRING.
14. ALI BEY.
15. PSYCHE.
16. THE UNKNOWN ONE.
17. THE CHANGE.
18. FORTUNE.
19. LAMENTATION OF AN OLD-GERMAN YOUTH.
20. AWAY!
21. MADAM METTE. (From the Danish.)
22. THE MEETING.
23. KING HAROLD HARFAGAR.
24. THE LOWER WORLD. I. Many a time poor Pluto sigh'd thus:
15. MISCELLANIES. 1. MULEDOM. Thy father, as is known to all, A
2. THE SYMBOL OF MADNESS.
3. PRIDE.
4. AWAY!
5. WINTER.
6. THE OLD CHIMNEYPIECE.
7. LONGING.
8. HELENA.
9. THE WISE STARS.
10. THE ANGELS.
16. POEMS FOR THE TIMES. 1. SOUND DOCTRINE.
2. ADAM THE FIRST.
3. WARNING.
4. TO A QUONDAM FOLLOWER OF GOETHE. -1832
5. THE SECRET.
6. ON THE WATCHMAN'S ARRIVAL IN PARIS.
7. THE DRUM-MAJOR. [15]
8. DEGENERACY.
9. HENRY.
10. LIFE'S JOURNEY.
11. THE NEW JEWISH HOSPITAL AT HAMBURG.
12. GEORGE HERWEGH. [16]
13. THE TENDENCY.
14. THE CHILD.
15. THE PROMISE.
16. THE CHANGELING.
17. THE EMPEROR OF CHINA. [18]
19. TO THE WATCHMAN. (On a recent occasion.)
20. CONSOLING THOUGHTS.
21. THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.
22. ENLIGHTENMENT.
23. WAIT AWHILE!
24. NIGHT THOUGHTS.
NEW SPRING. PROLOGUE.
PICTURES OF TRAVEL THE RETURN HOME. 1823-4. 1 On my life, a
THE HARTZ-JOURNEY. 1824 PREFACE. In black coats and silken
THE BALTIC. PART I. 1825. 1. EVENING TWILIGHT. By ocean's
PART II. 1826. 1. SEA SALUTATION.
2. THUNDERSTORM.
3. THE SHIPWRECKED ONE.
4. SUNSET.
5. THE SONG OF THE OCEANIDES.
6. THE GODS OF GREECE.
7. QUESTIONS.
8. THE PHOENIX.
9. ECHO.
10. SEA-SICKNESS.
11. IN HARBOUR.
12. EPILOGUE.
MONOLOGUE. (From Book "Le Grand.")
ATTA TROLL, A SUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM. CAPUT I. Hemm'd close in by
GERMANY. [40] A WINTER TALE. CAPUT I. In the mournful month of
ROMANCERO. BOOK I. HISTORIES.
RHAMPSENITUS. [64]
THE WHITE ELEPHANT.
KNAVE OF BERGEN.
THE VALKYRES. [67]
HASTINGS BATTLE-FIELD.
CHARLES I.
MARIE ANTOINETTE.
THE SILESIAN WEAVERS. [68]
POMARE. 1 All the gods of love are shouting In my heart, and
THE APOLLO GOD.
HYMN TO KING LOUIS. [69]
TWO KNIGHTS.
OUR MARINE. [73] (A Nautical tale.)
THE GOLDEN CALF.
KING DAVID.
KING RICHARD.
THE ASRA.
THE NUNS.
PALSGRAVINE JUTTA.
THE MOORISH KING.
GEOFFRY RUDEL AND MELISANDA OF TRIPOLI.
THE POET FERDUSI. 1 Men of gold, and men of silver! When a fool
VOYAGE BY NIGHT.
THE PRELUDE.
VITZLIPUTZLI. 1 On his head he wore the laurel, And upon his
BOOK II. LAMENTATIONS.
WOOD SOLITUDE.
SPANISH LYRICS.
THE EX-LIVING ONE.
THE EX-WATCHMAN.
MYTHOLOGY.
IN MATILDA'S ALBUM.
TO THE YOUNG.
THE UNBELIEVER.
WHITHER NOW?
AN OLD SONG.
READY MONEY.
THE OLD ROSE.
AUTO-DA-FE.
LAZARUS. 1. THE WAY OF THE WORLD.
2. RETROSPECT.
3. RESURRECTION.
4. THE DYING ONE.
5. RASCALITY.
6. RETROSPECT.
7. IMPERFECTION.
8. PIOUS WARNING.
9. THE COOLED-DOWN ONE.
10. SOLOMON.
11. LOST WISHES.
12. THE ANNIVERSARY.
13. MEETING AGAIN.
14. MRS. CARE.
15. TO THE ANGELS.
16. IN OCTOBER 1849.
17. EVIL DREAMS.
18. IT GOES OUT.
19. THE WILL.
20. ENFANT PERDU.
BOOK III. HEBREW MELODIES
PRINCESS SABBATH.
JEHUDA BEN HALEVY A Fragment. 1 "If, Jerusalem, I ever "Should
DISPUTATION.
LATEST POEMS.
1. PEACE-YEARNING.
2. IN MAY.
3. BODY AND SOUL.
4. RED SLIPPERS.
5. BABYLONIAN SORROWS.
6. THE SLAVE SHIP. PART I. The supercargo Mynher Van Koek In
7. AFFRONTENBURG.
8. APPENDIX TO "LAZARUS." [87] I. Holy parables discarding, And
9. THE DRAGONFLY.
10. ASCENSION.
11. THE AFFIANCED ONES.
12. THE PHILANTHROPIST.
13. THE WHIMS OF THE AMOROUS.
14. MIMI.
15. GOOD ADVICE.
16. REMINISCENCES OF HAMMONIA. [88]
17. THE ROBBERS.
18. THE YOUNG CATS' CLUB FOR POETRY-MUSIC
19. HANS LACK-LAND.
20. RECOLLECTIONS FROM KRAHWINKEL'S DAYS OF TERROR.
21. THE AUDIENCE.
22. KOBES I.
13. EPILOGUE.
ADDENDA TO THE POEMS. [93] THE SONG OF SONGS.
THE SUTTLER'S SONG.
POSTHUMOUS POEMS. HORSE AND ASS.
THE ASS-ELECTION.
BERTHA.
IN THE CATHEDRAL.
THE DRAGONFLY.
OLD SCENTS.
MISERERE.
TO MATILDA.
FOR THE "MOUCHE." [95]
BOHN’S STANDARD LIBRARY
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THE POEMS OF HEINE
GEORGE BELL AND SONS
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THE POEMS OF HEINE
COMPLETE
TRANSLATED INTO THE ORIGINAL METRES
WITH A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE
BY
EDGAR ALFRED BOWRING, C.B.
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1908
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