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HEINRICH HEINE - Repositories

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Decked with gold and arrayed in purple.<br />

But I have always averred<br />

That not amidst quite common folk—<br />

No, in the very best society.<br />

Perpetually abides the King of Heaven.<br />

Hallelujah! How lovely around me<br />

Wave the palms of Beth-El!<br />

How fragrant are the myrrh-trees of Hebron!<br />

How the Jordan rustles and reels with joy!<br />

And my immortal soul also reels.<br />

And I reel with her, and, reeling.<br />

The worthy host of the town-cellar of Bremen<br />

Leads me up-stairs into the light of day.<br />

Thou worthy host of the town-cellar of Bremen,<br />

See'st thou on the roofs of the houses,<br />

Sit the angels, and they are drunk and they sing.<br />

The glowing sun up yonder<br />

Is naught but a red drunken nose.<br />

The nose of the spirit of the universe.<br />

And around the red nose of the spirit of the universe<br />

Reels the whole tipsy world.<br />

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