HEINRICH HEINE - Repositories

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JEWISH RELIGION AND RACE.
Do not speak to me of the old Jewish
religion, I would not desire that faith
for my worst enemy. One has nothing
but contumely and shame from it. I
tell you it is not a religion — it is a misfortune
. . . I believe that if the
Jewish race were extinct, but it were
known that a single survivor of that
people still existed somewhere, men
would journey a hundred leagues to
grasp his hand: but now, we are despised
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A PORTRAIT.
He was so lean that even his full face
looked like a profile, and the sighs in
his bosom were visible before they rose.
SOCIETY.
Black dress-coats, and silken stockings.
Cuffs of starched and courtly whiteness,
Civil speeches, sleek embracings, —
Throbbed but hearts through your politeness
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