HEINRICH HEINE - Repositories

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REPETITION.
The satiated king of Israel and Juda
said with truth, " There is nothing new
under the sun." Perhaps the sun itself
is but an old warmed-up piece of
pleasantry, decked out with new rays,
and now glittering with imposing splendor!
THE COMMON LOT.
After all it comes to the same thing
in what fashion we make the grand tour,
on foot, on horseback, or on ship-board.
We all reach at last the same hostelry,
the same poor tavern, where the door is
opened with a spade, where our appointed
chamber is so narrow, so cold,
so dark, but where one sleeps well, almost
too well.
ROMAN CATHOLIC ZEAL.
Whatever we may say against the
zealots of the Roman Catholic Church,
one thing is certain: they are no egotists,
they concern themselves about
their brother-men; unfortunately, often
rather too much.