Littell's Living Age/Volume 136/Issue 1760/"Kind! es ware dein Verderben"

by Heinrich Heine

"KIND! ES WARE DEIN VERDERBEN."

Child! it would be your undoing;
And I struggle hard, you see,
That your dear kind heart may never
Feel the glow of love for me.

That too well I have succeeded,
Pains me in my own despite
And I often think, "Oh, would you
Love me, come whatever might!"

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