TWIN SAPPHIRES ARE THOSE EYES OF THINE. TWIN Sapphires are those eyes of thine That mirth and pleasure brighten. O trebly happy is the man On whom with love they lighten. A diamond is that heart of thine Where precious rays are gleaming. O trebly happy is the man For whom with love 'tis beaming. Rare rubies are those lips of thine, If aught they may resemble. O trebly happy is the man Nigh whom with love they tremble. O, did I but know that happy man, To meet him alone in a leafy wood, His happiness soon would be over. HEINE.-Saphire sind die Augen dein. THOU HAST DIAMONDS IN PLENTY. THOU hast diamonds in plenty, And all by which men set store, Upon thine eyes enchanting I have lavished heretofore A legion of songs immortal My darling, what wouldst thou more? All through thine eyes enchanting Thou hast tortured me so sore, And brought me to such ruin My darling, what wouldst thou more? HEINE-Du hast Diamanten und Perlen. PRESENTS OF GOOD ADVICE THEY MADE ME. PRESENTS of good advice they made me, Honours and compliments they paid me, Promised, if only I could wait, They would consider my poor estate. Maugre their kind consideration, I should have died of sheer starvation, Bread he provided: shall I ever Cease to revere him? Never-never! Pity, I may not kiss him nor can, For I myself am this excellent man. HEINE.-Gaben mir Rath und gute Lehren. THE WANDERER. WHOM God befriends he wills to wander The world about, with spirit free His mighty mysteries to ponder By hill and forest, rock and sea. Laggards, who every thought surrender To home and offspring, kine and corn, May gaze unmoved upon the splendour That gathers round the rosy morn; And yet the very brooklet springing, The larks that in the sky rejoice, Suffice alike to set me singing A nobler song with gladder voice. |