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Poetry News Post #236

A poem about a subject near and dear to me

Written by: Siren of the Sea
Date: Sunday, May 14th, 2000
Addressed to: Everyone


This is not my poem, it is a poem I particularly liked and wish to share with you all.

The Lorelei-By Heinrich Heine

I cannot explain the sadness
That's fallen on my breast,
An old, old fable haunts me,
And will not let me rest.

The air grows cool in the twilight,
And softly the Rhine flows on,
The peak of a mountain sparkles
Beneath the setting sun.

More lovely than a vision,
A girl sits high up there.
Her golden jewelry glistens,
She combs her golden hair.

With a comb of gold she combs it,
And sings an evensong.
The wonderful melody reaches
A boat, as it sails along.

The boatman hears, with an anguish
More wild than was ever known.
He's blind to the rocks around him,
His eyes are for her alone.

-At last the waves devoured
The boat, and the boatman's cry.
This she did with her singing,
The golden Lorelei.

Penned by my hand on the 15th of Aeguary, in the year 248 AF.


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Poetry News Post #236

A poem about a subject near and dear to me

Written by: Siren of the Sea
Date: Sunday, May 14th, 2000
Addressed to: Everyone


This is not my poem, it is a poem I particularly liked and wish to share with you all.

The Lorelei-By Heinrich Heine

I cannot explain the sadness
That's fallen on my breast,
An old, old fable haunts me,
And will not let me rest.

The air grows cool in the twilight,
And softly the Rhine flows on,
The peak of a mountain sparkles
Beneath the setting sun.

More lovely than a vision,
A girl sits high up there.
Her golden jewelry glistens,
She combs her golden hair.

With a comb of gold she combs it,
And sings an evensong.
The wonderful melody reaches
A boat, as it sails along.

The boatman hears, with an anguish
More wild than was ever known.
He's blind to the rocks around him,
His eyes are for her alone.

-At last the waves devoured
The boat, and the boatman's cry.
This she did with her singing,
The golden Lorelei.

Penned by my hand on the 15th of Aeguary, in the year 248 AF.


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