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MADCHEN MIT DEM ROTHEN MUNDCHEN by HEINRICH HEINE

First Line: LASSIE, WITH THE LIPS SAE ROSY
Last Line: ON THAT WEE WHITE HAND SHOULD FA'.
Subject(s): ABSENCE; THOUGHT; SEPARATION; ISOLATION; THINKING;

LASSIE, with the lips sae rosy,
With the eyne sae saft and bricht,
Dear wee lassie, I keep thinkin',
Thinkin' on thee day and nicht.

Winter nichts are lang and eerie;
Oh, gin I were with thee, dear,
Arms about thee, cracking couthly,
With nae mortal by to hear!

With my kisses I would smother
Thy white hand sae jimp and sma',
And my tears for very rapture
On that wee white hand should fa'.



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