HEINRICH HEINE - Repositories

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GREAT MEN.
As the stars are the glory of the sky,
so great men are the glory of their
country, yea, of the whole earth. The
hearts of great men are the stars of
earth; and doubtless when one looks
down from above upon our planet,
these hearts are seen to send forth a
silvery light just like the stars of
heaven. From such an exalted standpoint,
one might perhaps perceive how
many radiant stars are scattered over
the face of our earth, how many of them
gladden the obscure desert places with
their unacknowledged and lonely lights,
how thickly strewn they are in the German
Fatherland, how brilliant, how
radiant with them is France, the
" Milky Way " of great human hearts.
GOETHE'S LYRICS.
Goethe's songs have a coquettish
charm that is indescribable. The harmonious
verses entwine themselves
about the heart like a tenderly loved
one: the word embraces while the
thought kisses thee.