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HEINRICH HEINE - Repositories

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^dnt, 119<br />

CHRIST AND<br />

MOSES.<br />

What a benign figure is the God-man!<br />

How insignificant in comparison with<br />

him does the hero of the Old Testament<br />

appear! Moses loves his people with a<br />

pathetic intensity; as a mother, he cares<br />

for the future of Israel. Christ loves<br />

humanity ; he is the sun that sheds the<br />

warm rays of his love over the whole<br />

earth. What a soothing balm for all<br />

wounds of this life are his words!<br />

AVhat a healing fountain for all suffering<br />

was the blood that flowed on Calvary!<br />

The white marble gods of the<br />

Greeks were bespattered with this<br />

blood; they grew sick from inward awe,<br />

and for them there was no recovery !<br />

FOUQUE'S<br />

"UNDINE."<br />

" Undine " is indeed a charming poem.<br />

This poem is itself a kiss ! The genius<br />

of poetry kissed the sleeping spring,<br />

and as it opened its laughing eyes all the<br />

roses exhaled their sweetest perfumes,<br />

and all the nightingales sang ; and the<br />

fragrance of the roses and the songs of<br />

the nightingales, all this did our good<br />

l^ouque clothe in words, and called it<br />

"Undine."

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