Littell's Living Age/Volume 139/Issue 1792/"Dein Angesicht, so lieb und schon"

by Christian Johann Heinrich Heine

"DEIN ANGESICHT, SO LIEB UND SCHON."

Thy face, so sweet and fair to see,
Of late has come in my dreams to me;
It is so gentle, and angel-fair,
And yet so wan, so wan with care.

The lips are rose-red; but anon
Death kisses them, and they are wan;
And quench'd is the celestial light,
That from thy sweet eyes flashes bright.

Heine.