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THE SEA-VOYAGE by HEINRICH HEINE

First Line: I LEANING STOOD AGAINST THE MAST
Last Line: WITH OVERWEIGHT OF SORROW!
Subject(s): SEA VOYAGES;
I LEANING stood against the mast,
And told each wave of ocean;
Farewell, my beauteous fatherland!
My bark, how swift thy motion!

I pass'd my lovely mistress' house,
The windows gleam'd all over;
But though I gazed and gazed and gazed,
No sign could I discover.

Ye tears, obscure not thus mine eyes
On this too-painful morrow;
My love-sick heart, O do not break
With overweight of sorrow!



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