The poems of Heine; Complete

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PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.PREFACE.HEINRICH HEINE.EARLY POEMS.BOOK OF SONGS.3. ROMANCES.4. SONNETS. TO A. W. VON SCHLEGEL.TO MY MOTHER, B. HEINE, née VON GELDERN.TO H. S.FRESCO-SONNETS TO CHRISTIAN S—.PROLOGUE.THE GODS’ TWILIGHT.RATCLIFF.[8]DONNA CLARA.ALMANSOR.THE PILGRIMAGE TO KEVLAAR THE DREAM. (From Salon.)1. SERAPHINA.2. ANGELICA.3. DIANA.4. HORTENSE.5. CLARISSA.6. YOLANTE AND MARY.7. EMMA.8. FREDERICA.9. CATHERINE.10. SONGS OF CREATION.11. ABROAD.12. TRAGEDY 13. THE TANNHAUSER. A Legend.1. A WOMAN.2. CELEBRATION OF SPRING.3. CHILDE HAROLD.4. THE EXORCISM.5. EXTRACT FROM A LETTER.6. THE EVIL STAR.7. ANNO 1829.8. ANNO 1839.9. AT DAWN.10. SIR OLAVE.11. THE WATER NYMPHS.12. BERTRAND DE BORN.13. SPRING.14. ALI BEY.15. PSYCHE.16. THE UNKNOWN ONE.17. THE CHANGE.18. FORTUNE.19. LAMENTATION OF AN OLD-GERMAN YOUTH.20. AWAY!21. MADAM METTE. (From the Danish.)22. THE MEETING.23. KING HAROLD HARFAGAR.24. THE LOWER WORLD.15. MISCELLANIES.2. THE SYMBOL OF MADNESS.3. PRIDE.4. AWAY!5. WINTER.6. THE OLD CHIMNEYPIECE.7. LONGING.8. HELENA.9. THE WISE STARS.10. THE ANGELS.1. SOUND DOCTRINE.2. ADAM THE FIRST.3. WARNING.4. TO A QUONDAM FOLLOWER OF GOETHE. (1832.)5. THE SECRET.6. ON THE WATCHMAN’S ARRIVAL IN PARIS.7. THE DRUM-MAJOR.[15]8. DEGENERACY.9. HENRY.10. LIFE’S JOURNEY.11. THE NEW JEWISH HOSPITAL AT HAMBURG.12. GEORGE HERWEGH.[16]13. THE TENDENCY.14. THE CHILD.15. THE PROMISE.16. THE CHANGELING.17. THE EMPEROR OF CHINA.[18]19. TO THE WATCHMAN. (On a recent occasion.)20. CONSOLING THOUGHTS.21. THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.22. ENLIGHTENMENT.23. WAIT AWHILE!24. NIGHT THOUGHTS.PROLOGUE.THE RETURN HOME. 1823-4.THE HARTZ-JOURNEY. 1824.

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1. SEA SALUTATION.2. THUNDERSTORM.3. THE SHIPWRECKED ONE.4. SUNSET.5. THE SONG OF THE OCEANIDES.6. THE GODS OF GREECE.7. QUESTIONS.8. THE PHŒNIX.9. ECHO.10. SEA-SICKNESS.11. IN HARBOUR.12. EPILOGUE.MONOLOGUE. (From Book “Le Grand.”)ATTA TROLL, A SUMMER-NIGHT’S DREAM.GERMANY.[40] A WINTER TALE.

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RHAMPSENITUS.[64]THE WHITE ELEPHANT.KNAVE OF BERGEN.THE VALKYRES.[67]HASTINGS BATTLE-FIELD.CHARLES I.MARIE ANTOINETTE.THE SILESIAN WEAVERS.[68]POMARE.THE APOLLO GOD.HYMN TO KING LOUIS.[69]TWO KNIGHTS.OUR MARINE.[73] (A Nautical tale.)THE GOLDEN CALF.KING DAVID.KING RICHARD.THE ASRA.THE NUNS.PALSGRAVINE JUTTA.THE MOORISH KING.GEOFFRY RUDÈL AND MELISANDA OF TRIPOLI.THE POET FERDUSI.VOYAGE BY NIGHT.THE PRELUDE.VITZLIPUTZLI.

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WOOD SOLITUDE.SPANISH LYRICS.THE EX-LIVING ONE.THE EX-WATCHMAN.MYTHOLOGY.IN MATILDA’S ALBUM.TO THE YOUNG.THE UNBELIEVER.WHITHER NOW?AN OLD SONG.READY MONEY.THE OLD ROSE.AUTO-DA-FÉ.1. THE WAY OF THE WORLD.2. RETROSPECT.3. RESURRECTION.4. THE DYING ONE.5. RASCALITY.6. RETROSPECT.7. IMPERFECTION.8. PIOUS WARNING.9. THE COOLED-DOWN ONE.10. SOLOMON.11. LOST WISHES.12. THE ANNIVERSARY.13. MEETING AGAIN.14. MRS. CARE.15. TO THE ANGELS.16. IN OCTOBER 1849.17. EVIL DREAMS.18. IT GOES OUT.19. THE WILL.20. ENFANT PERDU.

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PRINCESS SABBATH.JEHUDA BEN HALEVY A Fragment.DISPUTATION.LATEST POEMS.1. PEACE-YEARNING.2. IN MAY.3. BODY AND SOUL.4. RED SLIPPERS.5. BABYLONIAN SORROWS.

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7. AFFRONTENBURG.8. APPENDIX TO “LAZARUS.”[87]9. THE DRAGONFLY.10. ASCENSION.11. THE AFFIANCED ONES.12. THE PHILANTHROPIST.13. THE WHIMS OF THE AMOROUS.14. MIMI.15. GOOD ADVICE.16. REMINISCENCES OF HAMMONIA.[88]17. THE ROBBERS.18. THE YOUNG CATS’ CLUB FOR POETRY-MUSIC 19. HANS LACK-LAND.20. RECOLLECTIONS FROM KRÄHWINKEL’S DAYS OF TERROR.21. THE AUDIENCE.22. KOBES I.13. EPILOGUE.ADDENDA TO THE POEMS.[93]THE SONG OF SONGS.THE SUTTLER’S SONG.HORSE AND ASS.THE ASS-ELECTION.BERTHA.IN THE CATHEDRAL.THE DRAGONFLY.OLD SCENTS.MISERERE.TO MATILDA.FOR THE “MOUCHE.”[95]

BOHN’S STANDARD LIBRARY ————— THE POEMS OF HEINE

GEORGE BELL AND SONS LONDON: PORTUGAL ST., LINCOLN’S INN. CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL AND CO. NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO. BOMBAY: A. H. WHEELER AND CO.

THE POEMS OF HEINE COMPLETE TRANSLATED INTO THE ORIGINAL METRES WITH A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE

BY EDGAR ALFRED BOWRING, C.B. LONDON GEORGE BELL AND SONS 1908 [Reprinted from Stereotype plates.]

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