~TO MY MOTHER, B. HEINE, NÉE VON GELDERN~
“I have been wont to bear my head right high,My temper too is somewhat stern and rough;Even before a monarch’s cold rebuffI would not timidly avert mine eye.Yet, mother dear, I’ll tell it openly:Much as my haughty pride may swell and puff,I feel submissive and subdued enough,When thy much-cherished, darling form is nigh.Is it thy […]
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