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HEINRICH HEINE - Repositories

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Sonnets to My Mother<br />

B. Heine, nee von Geldern<br />

I have been wont to bear my forehead high—<br />

My stubborn temper yields with no good grace.<br />

The king himself might look me in the face.<br />

And yet I would not downward cast mine eye.<br />

But I confess, dear mother, openly,<br />

However proud my haughty spirit swell,<br />

When I within thy blessed presence dwell.<br />

Oft am I smit with shy humility.<br />

Is it thy soul, with secret influence,<br />

Thy lofty soul piercing all shows of sense,<br />

Which soareth, heaven-born, to heaven again?<br />

Or springs it from sad memories that tell<br />

How many a time I caused thy dear heart pain.<br />

Thy gentle heart, that loveth me so well!<br />

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