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AWAY! (1) by HEINRICH HEINE

First Line: THE DAY'S ENAMOUR'D OF THE NIGHT
Last Line: AWAY FROM ME AND SORROW!
Subject(s): DEATH; GRIEF; LIFE; SOUL; DEAD, THE; SORROW; SADNESS;

THE day's enamour'd of the night,
The springtime loves the winter,
And life's in love with death, --
And thou, thou lovest me!

Thou lov'st me -- thou'rt already seized
By fear-inspiring shadows,
And all thy blossoms fade,
To death thy soul is bleeding.

Away from me, and only love
The butterflies, gay triflers,
Who in the sunlight sport --
Away from me and sorrow!



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