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HEINRICH HEINE - Repositories

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"But as I went across the Alps,<br />

The snow began to fall;<br />

Below, the blue lakes smiled on me;<br />

I heard the eagles call.<br />

"When I upon St. Gothard stood,<br />

I heard the Germans snore;<br />

For softly slumbered there below<br />

Some thirty kings and more.<br />

"To Frankfort I on Schobbas came.<br />

Where dumplings were my food.<br />

They have the best religion there:<br />

Goose-giblets, too, are good.<br />

"In Weimar, the widowed muse's seat.<br />

Midst general grief I arrive.<br />

The people are crying 'Goethe's dead.<br />

And Eckermann's still alive!' " *<br />

• There are eight more verses to thb poem, which<br />

I take the liberty o£ omitting. E. L.<br />

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