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BY HEINRICH HEINE

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The sea hath its pearls,

The heaven hath its stars;

But my heart, my heart,

My heart hath its love.

 

Great are the sea and the heaven;

Yet greater is my heart,

And fairer than pearls and stars

Flashes and beams my love.

 

Thou little, youthful maiden,

Come unto my great heart;

My heart, and the sea, and the heaven

Are melting away with love!