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Margarete Münsterberg, ed., trans. A Harvest of German Verse. 1916.

By Thou Seemest Like a Flower

Heinrich Heine (1799–1856)

THOU seemest like a flower,

So fair and pure thou art;

I look on thee and sadness

Comes stealing through my heart.

And now I feel like resting

My hands upon thy hair,

Praying that God may keep thee

So lovely, pure and fair.