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Heine, Heinrich - And with love's slight subtle meshes
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002628
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Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine – by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker
And with love's slight subtle meshes
He hath trapped her and entangled
Brief their words, but long their kisses
For their hearts are overflowing
What a melting bridal carol
Sings the nightingale, the pure one
How the fire-flies in the grasses
Trip their sparking, torchlight dances
In the grove the silence deepens
Nought is heard save furtive rustling
Of the swaying myrtle branches
And the breathing of the flowers
But the sound of drum and trumpet
Burst forth sudden from the castle
Rudely they awaken Clara
Pillowed in her lover's bosom