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HEINRICH HEINE - Repositories

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She well nigh drank my breath away;<br />

And, lustful still for more.<br />

Embraced me, and my shrinking flesh<br />

With lion claws she tore.<br />

Oh, rapturous martyrdom! ravishing pain!<br />

Oh, infinite anguish and bliss!<br />

With her horrible talons she wounded me.<br />

While she thrilled my soul with a kiss.<br />

The nightingale sang: "Oh beautiful Sphinx<br />

Oh love! what meaneth this?<br />

That thou minglest still the pangs of death<br />

With thy most peculiar bliss?<br />

Thou beautiful Sphinx, oh solve for me<br />

This riddle of joy and tears!<br />

I have pondered it over again and again.<br />

How many thousand years!"<br />

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