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HELENA by HEINRICH HEINE

First Line: THOU HAST CALL'D ME FORTH FROM OUT OF THE GRAVE
Last Line: THE DEAD ARE NEVER CONTENTED.
Subject(s): GRAVES; LOVE; SOUL; TOMBS; TOMBSTONES;

THOU hast call'd me forth from out of the grave
By means of thy magic will now,
And fill'd me full of love's fierce glow --
This glow thou never canst still now.

O press thy mouth against my mouth,
Man's breath with heaven is scented;
Thy very soul I'll drain to the dregs,
The dead are never contented.



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