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LYRICAL INTERLUDE: 11 by HEINRICH HEINE

First Line: IN THE RHINE, THAT BEAUTIFUL RIVER
Last Line: RESEMBLE MY MISTRESS FAIR.
Subject(s): COLOGNE, GERMANY; RHINE (RIVER), EUROPE;

IN the Rhine, that beautiful river,
The sacred town of Cologne,
With its vast cathedral, is ever
Full clearly mirror'd and shown.

A picture on golden leather
In that fair cathedral is seen;
On my life, so sad altogether,
It hath cast its rays serene.

The flowers and angels hover
Round our dear Lady there;
Her eyes, lips, cheeks, all over
Resemble my mistress fair.



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