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NEW SPRING: 4 by HEINRICH HEINE

First Line: WHICH FLOWER I LOVE, I CANNOT DISCOVER
Last Line: SO SAD AND OPPRESS'D.
Subject(s): FLOWERS;

WHICH flower I love, I cannot discover;
This grief doth impart.
In every calix I search like a lover,
And seek a heart.

The flowers smell sweet in the sun's setting splendour,
The nightingale sings.
I seek for a heart that like my heart is tender,
And like it springs.

The nightingale sings; his sweet song, void of gladness,
Comes home to my breast;
We're both so oppress'd and heavy with sadness,
So sad and oppress'd.



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