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LYRICAL INTERLUDE: 18 by HEINRICH HEINE

First Line: GLEAMS MY LOVE IN BEAUTY'S SPLENDOUR
Last Line: WHAT THE BEAUTEOUS FOOL HATH DONE.
Subject(s): LOVE - COMPLAINTS;

GLEAMS my love in beauty's splendour,
Like the child of ocean foam;
As his bride my mistress tender
Is a stranger taking home.

Though 'tis treason, don't abuse it,
Heart, thou much-enduring one!
Bear it, bear it, and excuse it,
What the beauteous fool hath done.



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