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HEINRICH HEINE - Repositories

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^tint, 33<br />

THE MESSAGE.<br />

Up, boy! arise, and saddle quick,<br />

And mount your swiftest steed,<br />

And to King Duncan's castle ride<br />

O'er bush and brake with speed.<br />

There slip into the stable soft,<br />

Till one shall see you hide,<br />

Then ask him: Which of Duncan's<br />

girls<br />

Is she that is a bride ?<br />

And if he say, The dark-haired one,<br />

Then give your mare the spur;<br />

But if he say. The fair-haired one,<br />

You need not hurry her.<br />

You only need, if that's the case,<br />

Buy me a hempen cord.<br />

Ride slowly back and give it me,<br />

But never speak a word.<br />

HUMANITY.<br />

Outlawed criminals often bear more<br />

humanity in their hearts than those<br />

cold, blameless citizens of virtue, in<br />

whose white hearts the power of evil is<br />

quenched; but also the power of good.<br />

I have seen women on whose cheeks red<br />

vice was painted, and in whose hearts<br />

dwelt heavenly purity.

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