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WHEN TWO ARE PARTED by HEINRICH HEINE

First Line: WHEN TWO WHO LOVE ARE PARTED
Last Line: CAME LATER—AND TO ME.
Subject(s): ABSENCE; LOVE; SEPARATION; ISOLATION;
WHEN two who love are parted,
They talk, as friend to friend,
Clasp hands and weep a little,
And sigh without an end.

We did not weep, my darling,
Not sigh "Why must this be ..."
The tears, the sighs, the anguish
Came later—and to me.



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